The debate over Native American mascots persists as some schools reinstate the logos

By BROOKE SCHULTZ
Associated Press/Report for America

A passionate student letter prompted a southern Pennsylvania school district to change its Native American logo years ago. But the mascot is back after a conservative school board acted on its campaign promise to reinstate it. The decision goes against a larger trend of removing the Native American mascots and logos, which ramped up in 2020 amid a racial reckoning after the death of George Floyd. Studies have shown the mascots are harmful for Native and non-Native students, and many have called the use of such imagery offensive.