The U.S. Department of Education says New York’s ban on Native American mascots violates federal civil rights law.

The federal Education Department had ordered the state to roll back its prohibition on Native American mascots, calling it ...

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

The Office for Civil Rights determined that the New York Department of Education and the State Board of Regents violated federal civil rights law by forcing schools, like the Massapequa School ...

The eagle feather, considered one of the most powerful gifts in many Native American cultures, symbolizes strength and ...

In their conversation, Washut said the question of whether this was cultural or religious infringement came up. “And so certainly with Native Americans, cultural and religious are intertwined ...

A marquee outside Massapequa High School in Massapequa, N.Y., is backdropped by a Chiefs mascot mural on April 25, 2025. The ...

Instead, the federal government used the Federal Indian Boarding School Program to dispossess Native Americans of territory while destroying their culture, the report said. The purpose of these ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) issued the first apology from a sitting governor to the Seneca Nation for a boarding school’s treatment of Native Americans. Hochul was in Irving, New York, near the ...

Let us share a knowledge of, and through it, a love for Native American culture. How wonderful to celebrate the bounty of the arts and humanities while supporting small business and building ...