The resolution renames the lakes after three tribes and their Native words for “sister” – NʉmʉNahmi Lake (Comanche Nahmi Lake ...

A town at odds with state policy. New York has been trying to rid schools of Native American mascots going back more than two decades to the administration of Republican Gov. George Pataki, and in ...

The town has refused to comply with a state mandate to retire Native American sports names and mascots. “There was no tribe east of the Mississippi that ever wore a headdress — ever,” said ...

A few minutes drive away, next to the town’s post office, a statue of a Native American figure wearing a flowing headdress towers over those depicting a buffalo, a horse and a totem pole.

Still, the bill calls for banning schools from using Native American names, logos or mascots that include federally recognized tribes, historical Native American people or tribal groups.

WASHINGTON — Native American team names mean honor and respect. That’s what executives of pro sports clubs often say. History tells a different story. Kevin Gover punctuates this point with a ...

After peyote was banned by U.S. government agents in 1888 and later by 15 states, Native American tribes began incorporating as individual Native American Churches in 1918.

Located in the Hudson Valley, Poughkeepsie’s name comes from the Wappinger Tribe, an Algonquin-speaking Native American tribe that inhabited the Hudson River’s east bank.

If so, you might want to read the following list of towns, cities, parishes, and counties in Northwest Louisiana that were named after Native American words, tribes, and people.

The park district began its initiative to rename 11 of its parks with Native American tribe names in 2022 as part of a diversity, equity and inclusion initiative.