Proposal Pushed to Stop Using Native American Names

For more than a decade a proposal to stop using Native American names and images as school mascots has fallen flat at the State Capitol.It’s being pushed again this year and so is a narrower measure that would take the word “squaw” off any lakes or streams.Shawn Johnson reports…

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Proposal Pushed to Stop Using Native American Names

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