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ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - A Native American-themed mascot will be kept at a high school in southwest Oregon.
Roseburg High School school board members had to unanimously approve a motion to eliminate the “Roseburg Indians” and the vote fell one short last week, KLCC reported. Director Charles Lee was the dissenting vote.
Amanda Mendoza is a member of Roseburg High’s Class of 2001, and is of Muskogee Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokee heritage. She had circulated a petition to have the “Indians” removed, as major sports franchises in Washington D.C. and Cleveland have done with their Native American team names.
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ROSEBURG, Ore. A Native American-themed mascot will be kept at a high school in Southwest Oregon.
Roseburg High School school board members had to unanimously approve a motion to eliminate the “Roseburg Indians” and the vote fell one short last week, KLCC reported. Director Charles Lee was the dissenting vote.
Amanda Mendoza is a member of Roseburg High’s Class of 2001, and is of Muskogee Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokee heritage. She had circulated a petition to have the “Indians” removed, as major sports franchises in Washington, D.C., and Cleveland have done with their Native American team names.
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Roseburg School Board meeting livestream from April 28, 2021.
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School board members had to unanimously approve a motion to eliminate the “Roseburg Indians”, and the vote fell one short of that at a meeting this week. Director Charles Lee was the dissenting vote.
Amanda Mendoza is a member of Roseburg High’s Class of 2001, and is Muskogee Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokee heritage. For the past year, she s circulated a petition to have the Indians removed, as major sports franchises in Washington D.C. and Cleveland have done with their Native American-themed team names. Talking to KLCC, Mendoza shared her disappointment with the meeting’s outcome.
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