UPDATE: Indians logo promotes discrimination
The Mukwonago Chief has obtained a copy of a ruling from the state Department of Public Instruction ordering that the Mukwonago School District "terminate its use of the 'Indians' nickname and the logo depicting the head of a male person wearing a feather headdress." The district must make the change by Oct. 8, 2011, under the ruling.
The DPI concluded that the nickname and logo are "unambiguously race-based," that the school district "does not have the permission ... of a federally recognized American Indian tribe to use the "Indians" nickname or logo" ... and that the nickname and logo "promotes discrimination, pupil harassment and stereotyping in violation of ... state statutes."
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itsaboutrespect - Oct 08, 2010 10:12 PM
I guess we shouldn't be surprised. Does the district send representatives to multicultural educational conferences? No. Does the district send anyone to the American Indian Summer Institute for educators? No. Did the district read any of the scientifically conducted research on the issue? No. Did the district study any of the tribal resolutions detailing why change is necessary? No. Did the vast majority of the district contingent even stay to listen to the opposing testimony at the hearing? No.
Read the school's press release. They said they "worked hard to educate our students about the history and culture of the Native Americans of this area." Really? Read the 20 pages of closing arguments by their opposition at the hearing. It is a lesson in the perils of relying on good intentions rather than doing accurate and authentic research.
What a shame that Mukwonago students have been fed a steady diet of illusions for so long instead of being allowed to have a more honest education about our increasingly diverse world!