The Recorder - My Turn: Mascot change was a good decision

My Turn: Mascot change was a good decision
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Published: 5/2/2021 3:59:42 PM
In June 2020, I came back to Pequoiag at age 31 to take refuge from the pandemic at my parents’ house. I was happy to fish in the same old lakes and thrilled to see the boom in business activity. The European name for Pequoiag is “Athol.”
I write to thank the Athol-Royalston Regional School District School Committee for retiring the Red Raiders mascot of Athol High School. I did not participate in this effort, but I am grateful to those who did.
I am Mi’kmaq Indian, from lands that have been renamed “Maine” and “Nova Scotia.” Non-Indian people always ask about our blood quantum. I am not full-blooded, as very few of our people are today, but my identity is important to me. Just as you do not need to be full-blooded Irish to be proud of being Irish, you do not need to be full-blooded Indian to be proud of being Indian.

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