The U.S. Department of Education says New York’s ban on Native American mascots violates federal civil rights law.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon says her agency found that New York’s ban on tribal themed mascots in public schools ...

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American ...

A Native American tribe has distanced itself from a nine-year-old member who wore a headdress and black paint on his face during a Kansas City Chiefs game. The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians ...

Headdresses historically are a symbol of respect, worn by Native American war chiefs and warriors ... editor of ICT, formerly Indian Country Today. “It distracts readers from the Pope’s ...

But the local Native American community is left ... “The former mascot was the Hanover “Indian” with a logo that included a Warbonnet [Headdress]. After help from other indigenous voices ...