But as the Chickasaw Nation member grew up and learned about his Indigenous roots, he came to see the school's mascot — a stereotypical Native American man wearing a headdress — as problematic.

FOR YEARS, SOME HAVE CLAIMED THAT THE GATHERING OF NATIONS COMMERCIALIZES NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND THAT PEOPLE ARE PROFITING FROM IT. TONIGHT, IN A TARGET 7 INVESTIGATION, WE FOLLOW THE MONEY.

This bill would eliminate Native American mascots from public schools across the state. One southern Illinois school district is speaking out, urging lawmakers to reconsider so they can preserve ...

Connecting to Mounds Through Native Art," a contemporary art exhibit featuring Native American artists from four federally recognized tribes. The idea for this exhibition came from Lisa King, an ...

The bills would prohibit the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots and restrict educational institutions from adopting or continuing the use of discriminatory disability mascots.

President Donald Trump ordered Education Secretary Linda McMahon to intervene in a New York legal dispute over a school using a Native American mascot. The New York Board of Regents ordered all ...

President Donald Trump declared his support for the Massapequa School District to maintain its Native American Mascot, calling for the federal Secretary of Education to “fight” for the school ...

Meridian native Jamal Roberts advanced to the Top 14 on "American Idol" Season 23. Roberts secured his spot with a performance of "Try a Little Tenderness." Four other contestants were saved by ...

Joy Harjo joined OU English professor Jake Skeets for a conversation about Native American writers and literature in Copeland Hall’s Native Nations Center on Tuesday. Harjo said she never ...

President Trump has thrown his support behind a Long Island school district’s fight to keep its mascot after New York’s State Education Board banned the use of Native American-inspired names ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — John Foster, a Louisiana native and “American Idol” contestant, delivered a heartfelt tribute Sunday night to his late friend Maggie Dunn, one of two ...

"When I think of a warrior, I think of somebody with bravery… We honor and celebrate our Native American heritage here on Long Island." The district sued the state in September, saying that the ...