One of those bills includes to ban the use of Native American mascots and imagery while the other wants to ban the use of ...

Illinois House Bill 1237, which proposed banning school mascots and imagery referencing Native American tribes, failed to ...

It really is not a sense of honor there. It is not a sense of history,” said the director of the Native American Chamber of ...

The legislation has passed through the Illinois House and, if turned into law, would ban Native mascots in K-12 schools.

For those against the ban, this development shows their voices were heard. But metro-east residents who support the bill are ...

SPRINGFIELD — Two bills in the Illinois General Assembly that would ... “We remain hopeful that the decision regarding our school mascot will continue to be made at the local level.” ...

A measure that would force school districts like Granite City and Collinsville to abandon use of their Native-American school ...

That’s why measures such as the Mascot ban and history requirement are so important, the tribal leaders said. “There’s so many people in Illinois that have been born here that know nothing ...