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An upstate New York school may keep its Native American logo and ‘Warriors’ nickname—because the local Seneca tribe is proud of it
fortune.com ^ | April 30, 2023 | CAROLYN THOMPSON

Posted on 05/01/2023 8:56:14 AM PDT by lowbridge

The profile of a Native American man, a braid trailing down and feather jutting up, is tiled into a high school hallway, dyed into the weight room carpet and laid into the turf of the football field at Salamanca city schools.

School leaders say the omnipresent logo and “Warrior” name for the school athletic teams are sources of pride here, in the only U.S. city built on land leased from a Native American reservation.

But as New York joins states moving to ban schools’ use of Indigenous nicknames and mascots because they diminish Native cultures, the tribe may have the last say over whether the logo stays. When the state Board of Regents this month voted to prohibit public schools’ use of Indigenous names, it included an exception for districts that receive written approval from a federally recognized tribal nation in New York.

It has put the tribe in an awkward spot.

While the Seneca Indian Nation’s leader has endorsed the ban, some citizens of the nation want to keep the logo, which was designed by a Seneca artist in the 1970s. About 38% of students in the public school system south of Buffalo, near the Pennsylvania line, are Native American, mostly citizens of the Seneca tribe.

“The logo really represents us as a community,” said Marijah Skye, a 17-year-old student and Seneca citizen.

Superintendent Mark Beehler said he thinks it’s unfair of the Regents to put any tribal nation in the middle, where its decision could upset students and the community.

“I’m really not comfortable going to the Seneca Nation and having them potentially be the bad guy here,” Beehler said in an interview.

On Tuesday, the school board authorized seeking approval from the Seneca Nation to keep the logo and Warrior nickname.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: education; markbeehler; mascot; newyork; seneca; senecanation; sports; warriors; woke
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To: newzjunkey

Ditto that!


21 posted on 05/01/2023 10:06:35 AM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: newzjunkey

The cancel culture is devoid of a sense of history. In their efforts to eliminate everything they are taking away historic events. I saw Gone with the Wind in a theater in the 1960’s with my future wife. It was re-released as a colorized version. After all these years the two actors that I remember from the movie are Clark Gable and Hattie McDaniel. Hattie to me made the movie great. She also was the first black to win an Oscar for her performance. Now future generations will not be able to see her great performance. Sad!


22 posted on 05/01/2023 10:24:53 AM PDT by J.Deere Man (Gone with the Wind - Sad!)
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To: lowbridge

Tell me again, what is wrong with the nickname “warrior”?


23 posted on 05/01/2023 10:27:14 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: newzjunkey
--- "Progressivism is fascism"

Indeed. When first in a German bookstore, I took note of the section on "Nationalsozialismus," properly titled and clearly identified. The post WWII Left has made it a mission to label national socialism as "right wing," though in fact it was socialist.

The party name was clear. National Socialist German Workers' Party. Moreover, what was stated often was that the difference between Marxist socialism and theirs was that they were Aryan socialists.

Additionally their Axis partners were the Italian Fascists, which today's Left also labels as "right-wing," although the founders were all European socialists. This is why through until today the Left works overtime to obscure the reality of what a Left wing moniker is, as opposed to a Right wing moniker. The imagery is false. Both the Progressives, the Fascists and the Socialists work towards ever bigger and more powerful government.

Today's Leftists shriek and rage when this historical fact leaps out to prove, as you so clearly say, "Progressivism is fascism."

24 posted on 05/01/2023 10:40:32 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: newzjunkey

Attempts by progressives to “move on” are attempts to erase history, culture and visibility. It’s about control.


You’ve got that right!


25 posted on 05/01/2023 11:17:44 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)Xvg)
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To: lowbridge

Didn’t work for the UofND “Fighting Sioux”. The university changed the nickname in 2016 when the Spirit Lake tribe approved retention but the Standing Rock tribe did not.

I spent childhood years on a farm about 90 miles west of Grand Forks so tried to follow this.

Nice summary at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota_Fighting_Sioux_controversy


26 posted on 05/01/2023 12:22:29 PM PDT by NelsTandberg ( )
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To: lowbridge

That argument didn’t work for the Washington Redskins.

It did work for the Florida State Seminoles, though.


27 posted on 05/01/2023 12:24:34 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: DJ MacWoW; lowbridge

White washing history in order to rewrite it to whatever the dictates of the state are at that current time.


28 posted on 05/01/2023 12:30:18 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: lowbridge

https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2023/05/06/canandaigua-beginning-renaming-process-how-can-the-community-get-involved-now/

Lovely lesson they’re teaching their kids: how to knuckle under to the state.


29 posted on 05/06/2023 7:41:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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