Okemos Schools Will Discontinue Using 'Chiefs' Nickname

The Okemos Public Schools Board of Education voted earlier this week to discontinue using the nickname Chiefs.
The Lansing State Journal says that decision comes after several students, alumni, and residents have commented that the nickname is an "offensive caricature of indigenous people."
The school was named after Chief Okemos and has been since Katie Cavanaugh, a secretary for the Board of Education, was a student at Okemos High School in the 1990s.
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Cavanaugh told the Lansing State Journal that the nickname has always made her uncomfortable because it's offensive and gendered.
There have been some individuals who have expressed keeping the nickname as they thought it was a great way to honor American Indians and Chief Okemos.

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