To understand the controversy surrounding Native American mascots, it is important to know the definition of a mascot. Mascot is defined as “a person, animal or object adopted by a group as a symbolic ...

Chicago Mascot Company's creative work recently took center stage in college football's 2024 Pop-Tarts Bowl. Benny the Bull, ...

So he and many other residents were dismayed when the New York State Board of Regents mandated that public schools remove Native American imagery, including mascots and team names like "Warriors." ...

Illinois lawmakers are looking to ban K-12 schools from using Native American mascots or logos. House bill 5617—sponsored by state Rep. Maurice West—would require schools to alter logos ...

Wantagh, Wyandanch, Connetquot and Massapequa have pushed back on the mandate that public schools remove all references to Native American imagery. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

When the University of Illinois' Board of Trustees announced its decision to remove its 81-year mascot, Chief Illiniwek, on Feb. 16, 2007, it represented what many consider to be an important step in ...

Have you ever wondered about how Penn State adopted the Nittany Lions moniker? Check out the history as to how Penn State ...

For a few minutes last week, Copley-Fairlawn City Schools became the focus of the decades-long effort to change mascots bearing a Native American name or likeness. The movement eventually led to ...

Iowa State celebrated a sweet victory in the Pop-Tarts Bowl by eating the namesake bowl mascot. Check out the postgame ...

The old mascots of the NFL’s Washington Commanders and MLB’s ... president of the National Congress of American Indians, “and spent his life working to advance civil rights.” NAGA writes on its ...

As reported by the Austin American-Statesman's David Eckert, Bevo — Texas' live longhorn steer mascot, believed to be the biggest livestock mascot in college sports — will not join the ...