When the former Massachusetts governor took the helm as NCAA president in March of 2023, the organization faced an array of potential changes. They have not turned out to be small-ticket items.
Springfield College's president and board of trustees said they had unanimously decided to stop using some Native American terms on campus as part of a reassessment of cultural appropriation at the school. But the school kept other names like Camp Massasoit and Massasoit Hall, frustrating some Native American activists.
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His father, Abram Smith, who was born as the property of a white man, was 70 years old when Dan was born. He lived an extraordinary life, and on a rainy Friday afternoon at Springfield College, Smith’s widow, Loretta Neuman, shared his story through stifled tears.
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