Not Your Mascot protest held in front of Roseburg High School
About 20-30 people were in attendance, most of which consisted of Roseburg High School alumni, current students and community members.
Posted: Feb 24, 2021 7:24 PM
Posted By: Evita Garza
ROSEBURG, Ore. Supporters of the Roseburg High School mascot name change held a protest Wednesday afternoon to show the school board how serious they are about the issue.
The protest was held on the sidewalk outside Roseburg High School on Northeast Harvard Ave. About 20-30 people were in attendance, most of which consisted of Roseburg High School alumni, current students and community members.
School board seeks input on Roseburg Indians mascot
Alumni Kalli Albertus told KEZI 9 News that the school board’s decision to collect feedback was a long time coming.
Posted: Feb 15, 2021 6:58 PM
Posted By: Evita Garza
ROSEBURG, Ore. The debate surrounding the Roseburg High School Indians mascot continues.
On Monday, the Roseburg school board opened an online forum that asks if the Roseburg Indians mascot should be respectfully retired. The forum is currently open to the entire community.
A 2016 Roseburg High alumni, Kalli Albertus, told KEZI 9 News that the school board’s decision to collect feedback was a long time coming. Since last year, she has been working with a group of alumni to get the mascot’s name changed.
educational environment. it s an unhealthy, unregulated environment, and it leads to racist comments and a negative self-image for many of those people. reporter: 15 schools were ordered to give up their feathers and war paint by 2017 or potentially lose state funding. fast forward to this month. oregon state lawmakers overwhelmingly passed senator jeff cruz s bill to effectively reverse the ban. after all of these years, it s kind of a matter of history and it s a legacy. admittedly, i m from roseburg, oregon, and we are the roseburg indians and have been for a long time. reporter: the vice president of the oregon indian education association. whether it s a name or an image or a symbol, you are still objectifying a whole race of people, and that is unacceptable. reporter: beyond tradition and the support of some tribal leaders, kruse says the schools
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