Chicago-area high school stops use of American-Indian mascot
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Administrators at a suburban Chicago high school say the school will stop having a student in an American Indian-themed costume perform at football games and pep rallies. The Chicago Tribune reports Maine West High School Principal Audrey Haugan said the school is “eliminating practices that are increasingly viewed as insensitive or demeaning.” The decision comes after American Indians raised objections to the mascot. Students at the Des Plaines school will be known as Warriors, but the principal […]