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  • School ban on tribal nicknames upheld

    03/11/2003 11:50:29 PM PST · by ppaul · 20 replies · 530+ views
    The Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 3/11/03 | Deborah Bach
    There will be no Indians, no Braves and no Chiefs at Seattle's public schools after a King County Superior Court judge yesterday upheld a school district policy banning the use of tribal names for school monikers and mascots.Judge James Doerty dismissed an appeal of the policy adopted last July, which prohibits the use of American Indians or Alaskan Natives as school symbols and nicknames. Seattle Public Schools established the policy after the student-run Native American Club at West Seattle High objected to the Indian mascot and nickname used at the school for more than 80 years. The Indian mascot was...