A prob into New York state's ban on Native American-inspired mascots and logos was found to be in violation of the Civil Rights Act, the Department of Education announced Friday.

Utah Utes' Cameron Calhoun during the annual Ute Proud game at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Oct. 19, 2024. An agreement between the Ute Indian Tribe and the university has been key to ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon says her agency found that New York’s ban on tribal themed mascots in public schools discriminates against Native Americans.

The Department of Education (DOE) has found that two New York agencies violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act ...

A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the ...

New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American chief mascot and could face a Justice Department investigation or risk losing federal funding ...

New York’s two-year-old ban on Native American mascots, which many tribes argue are often historically inaccurate and draw from stereotypes, complies with the goal outlined in the administration ...

A New York state policy prohibiting the use of Native American school mascots violates civil rights laws, and the state must rescind it or face the possibility of losing federal education funds ...

The Trump administration stepped into a fight between New York’s Education Department and a Long Island high school that didn’t want to change the name of its mascot, the “Chiefs,” after ...

Hochul is picking up where former President Joe Biden left off, when shortly before exiting office, he apologized for Indian ...

New York school districts have until June 30 to commit to replacing offensive Native American mascots or team names, or risk losing state funding. They can be exempt from the mandate, however, if they ...