The Manchester Indians voted to change their name to the Red Hawks after a student campaign in 2019. In a joint statement Tuesday, the Mashantucket Pequots and the state-recognized Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation said “wide-ranging appropriation of Native-American-related imagery, culture and names” creates “lasting harm for tribal nations and their citizens.”Ībout a dozen schools in Connecticut still use names or mascots that some contend are offensive to American Indians, as others opt for more neutral imagery. Schools in Connecticut would need permission from local tribal leaders to use Native American nicknames. “Just because you’re in the majority doesn’t mean you should act this way,” Sen. The bill still needs to be passed by Hartford’s House of Representatives, which is controlled by Democrats.Ī leading Republican senator who represents the Regional School District #6 Warriors said he was taken by surprise about the earmark, which was not revealed until Tuesday. “If certain cities and towns won’t listen to their fellow citizens, then they can certainly do without the tribal money that they are showing such disrespect toward,” the Democrat added. “Towns around this state have been told year after year by Connecticut’s Native American tribes that their nicknames and mascots are horribly offensive,” said state Sen.

Money would be withheld from schools that don’t have permission to use “any name, symbol or image that depicts, refers to or is associated with a state or federally recognized Native American tribe or a Native American individual, custom or tradition, as a mascot, nickname, logo or team name.” State senators passed a budget bill Tuesday containing a provision that cut districts off from the Mashantucket Pequot/Mohegan Fund, which generates education revenue at the state’s Indian-run casinos. Young Chiefs’ fan accused of blackface in lefty Deadspin smear jobĬonnecticut schools that insist on using Native American nicknames and mascots without written consent from tribal leaders could see their budgets on the chopping block. Professor calls on people to ‘go as hard as possible’ to ‘dismantle’ US at pro-Palestinian eventĭeadspin quietly tweaks viral story on 9-year-old Chiefs fan’s ‘blackface’ after his parents threaten legal actionĭoll honoring late Native American chief says ‘Chicken’ instead of ‘Cherokee’

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