As schools face calls to drop Native American mascots, some could lose state money

By StrongWalker 1 year ago
Lemiley Lane, who grew up in the Navajo Nation in Arizona, walks along the Bountiful High School campus during her junior year in 2020 in Bountiful, Utah. The school changed its nickname in 2021 to "The Redhawks."

New York on Tuesday became the latest state in the nation to move to force schools to do away with the use of Native American team names or mascots. Those that don’t comply risk losing their funding.

(Image credit: Rick Bowmer/AP)