The New York Education Department has reportedly ordered the school district in a small upstate community to remove an Indian mascot from use or face a loss of state funding.
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Cambridge schools hires consultant to ease Indians mascot vitriol
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The Cambridge schools logo on its web homepage as of May 2021. Vitriol in the district is high as it debates whether to eliminate the Indian logo, which has been widely dubbed as cultural-appropriation of a people the U.S. nearly wiped out.Cambridge schools websiteShow MoreShow Less
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The Cambridge school district in Washington County is seeing intense debate over eliminating its Indian mascot in 2021.Cambridge school district websiteShow MoreShow Less
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Cambridge fans cheer on the Indians during the girls basketball Class C regional semifinal versus Seton Catholic at Saratoga Springs High School Thursday, March 8, 2018. The debate in 2021 about eliminating the Indians mascot has been a vitriol-fused discussion. (Ed Burke - Special to The Times Union) Show MoreShow Less