Mukwonago residents file suit against state over logo decision

This is GREAT NEWS. Thank you for supporting the cause and keeping the tradition strong.

Seriously? Don't you think our schools face bigger issues that a logo that has been determined to be discriminatory? Please, Mukwonago - give it up! Move on. Focus on quality education, not such a trivial matter - good education will change kids lives, not whether their school has a logo or not.

Seriously? Don't you think our schools face bigger issues that a logo that has been determined to be discriminatory? Please, Mukwonago - give it up! Move on. Focus on quality education, not such a trivial matter - good education will change kids lives, not whether their school has a logo or not.

First of all Happy Veterans Day! 'We the People' not 'I the Person'. One guy thinks that hororing our herritage is wrong and we jump at the chance to wipe out over one hundred years of tradition. Are you kidding? Mukwonago is an Indian name!
Have we become so sensitive and cowardly that one 'hot head' can influence an entire community? Man up people, take back our country! This past election has proven that there are still people who believe common sence should dictate who we are as a nation. This is not a Wisconsin issue it is about Americas freedom, strong and free.

I guess tradition means nothing? Why does the School and the past and present students have to give up the name because of one person. Have you also looked at the cost the School will have to put out to change all over because of one person. Seems obvious leave the name and move on...

Since some people believe that these names are racist then maybe we should start changing the names of all the cities named for Indians, such as Mukwonago, Muskego to name a couple and what about the Mukwonago Chief newspaper, that seems racist too if you think that this is racist.

Really?!? What a waste of money there will be another discrimination complaint so or later AGAIN so why not just give it up?

Fight it, why not. As a matter of fact bring in this "Rain" kid and have him explain how the name Indians promotes racism. "Rain" needs to get a life, but I guess this was his 15 minutes of fame, getting a schools name changed. Wow what an accomplishment. Now you can go back to your waste of a life and always be able to pull that out of your back pocket.... Who ever raised this "Rain" I can only imagine, but they should be embarrassed. Fight it at least until Walker gets in and can rid Madison of this clown puncher that decides on these issues. And let me know where I can donate to the cause...

This was the issue that was reported in a J/S article from 10/8:

"The school shows freshmen a video that tells them why the logo should be treated with dignity and links the name to the Potawatomi who once lived in the area.

But the state's order, issued by School Administration Consultant Paul A. Sherman, notes the film includes images of Indians who are not Potawatomi and wrongly identifies the activities they are doing. The school's logo is of a Plains Indian in feathered headdress, but the order notes the Potawatomi are not Plains Indians and never wore such feathered headdresses.

"The attempt to attribute certain characteristics to American Indian people by adopting conflicting and inaccurate symbols of American Indian people is the very definition of stereotyping," the order says.""

If we, Mukwonago, want to save the Indian name and heritage of our community, lets do it by being historically correct. Lets change our freshman video to be historically accurate so we can show everyone that we are trying to respect the Indians, like we claim we are doing. Do we need a picture of an Indian head, can we not just use a capital I as a logo to ensure no disrepect or historical inaccuracies are occuring? Lets do this and then sue the state. Lets do our due diligence so we have no holes for the State to identify as potential issues.

Its hilarious to see grown adults attacking a teenager because they lost. All of this proves the level of maturity in this community and the level of intolerance and bigotry in this community as well. It is disgusting and shameful that this town's populace or the majority of it plead that they are not idiotic racisits and are trying to do all of these nice things blah blah blah but always insult and attack those who being discriminated against and steryotyped by not only the people of this community but the logos and condone it and make it acceptable to steryotype minoirty groups. Here get the hint IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING OFFENSIVE OR LACK THERE OF!!!! in case any of you idiots don't get it. I have yet to see any of you acually try and communicate with my side and try to understand pur view. And the fact that you take such a hollowed and sacred object as the constitution and pollute it with your false and twisted sense of We the people, this law was made to protect people from your kind, the same as the civil rights act of 1964. Its sickening to see and hear this, and where in the hell do you see this kid wearing a swaztika or that crap, is it that you have run out of accusations and more lies? I know this strong kid personally and he's a good friend of mine, its sick and rather sad to see people stoop this low and if any of you are intrested in a history lesson, the inverted US Flag was used by a civil rights organization for Native peoples and is meant as a distress signal for those in some kind of combat situation, try to check the facts first. I

let us have our Mascot back and we will give you another casino LOL

When the French trapper's and the Jesuits missonaries came though here they used the name for places as the locals had used for generations. If the Spanish Dominican Friars had been here it wound have been Santa Maria or San Diego. I like the historic povenance. I would never want to offend anyone but MUKWONAGO is based on what the Potawatomi would call "a bear's den". If you are forced to change the mascot... how about The BEARS?

NaivePride.... I know this kid and he was about as discriminated against as I was being a white male. His claim to fame, that's what this was all about. Pretty sad actually, especially because he is a FORMER student. He wouldn't have to have anything to do with the school district for the rest of his life. This liberal bs will come to an end and I predict that Walker will stop this from moving forward. Then "Rain" can go fall on someone elses parade.

OK you explained the upside down flag, now explain Brian/Rain's belt buckle with the obscenity on it? Time2say, if you had read any of the dozens of threads on this, Mukwonago wants NOTHING to do with Bears, Bruins, Grizzlies Golden Bears etc....

Has no one read the research? Do you not know of ALL the Wisconsin Indian Tribes (Not to mention the hundreds of other tribes through out the United States) who have called for an end to the use of Indian mascots/logos? Or do you just not care? How about the United States Commission on Civil Rights calling for an end of Indian mascot/logos. Yes there are some Native Americans who feel differently but the majorities do not want to be used as mascots. If you are an enrolled tribal member and you feel it is okay to be used a mascot ask your tribes how they feel and why… maybe you’ll learn something. What about visitors to your city? What about the other teams playing your teams? What about your children? Do you not care that your community is shown as insensitive and disrespectful. These logos are particularly inappropriate in light of the long history of forced assimilation that American Indian people have endured in this country. You people do not live on another planet the research is about people like you who care not for the Native American’s feeling but the feeling of superiority you get from using an entire race of people as mascots!