Several Elma residents showed up to attend a meeting at Iroquois school to understand the push to change Indigenous mascots across the state, including within Iroquois Central School District.
In April, the state Board of Regents prohibited public school districts from using Native American names, mascots or logos, giving them until June 30, 2025, to adopt new ones.
Several school districts in the Buffalo Niagara region observe Orange Shirt Day, a national day for truth and reconciliation in Canada, to remember the thousands of children mistreated at residential
On Thursday, the Lake Shore School District honors Orange Shirt Day, or Every Child Matters Day, to remember the Indigenous children sent to residential schools