Muckenhirn makes MLB debut, Grand Forks gets $2.5 million reimbursement, Warroad and other Minnesota schools could see an end to American Indian nicknames
The prohibition of American Indian nicknames is one of the many differences in the education omnibus bills that the Conference Committee on House File 2497 will work to resolve.
Minnesota lawmakers are considering a bill that would prevent state schools from using Native American names, symbols, or imagery as their mascots or team nicknames. One of the schools that would be impacted by that bill passing is Warroad High School. The Warroad Warriors uses an image of a Native American as their primary logo…