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NORTH BROOKFIELD Months after the local School Committee voted to ditch the school s Indian mascot, voters in a non-binding referendum said they want to adopt the American Indian Chief as a symbol for the entire town.
Late last year, the School Committee spent hours listening to testimony from indigenous people who said that despite assertions that the mascot honored Native Americans, they found it offensive and hurtful. The committee agreed to develop a new mascot.
Monday s town-wide vote resulted in 401 supporting the symbol, with 168 opposed.
The removal of Native American mascots from school systems across the state has brought impassioned arguments on both sides of the issue and both Superintendent Richard Lind and School Committee chairperson Maria Tucker said they understand residents have a right to express themselves at the polls.