The Democrat-led Illinois House has advanced legislation placing a statewide ban on Native American imagery and mascots by ...

The bill points out specific K-12 mascots and names like “Redskins, Braves, Chiefs, Chieftains, Tribe, Indians, or any ...

Included in the legal action were two more local Native American-named towns, Wantagh and Wyandanch, which also use the Warriors as a prideful team name. The Connetquot Thunderbirds — which ...

SPRINGFIELD — Following a wave of schools and professional sports teams over the last 20 years scaling back usage of Native American-themed names, imagery, mascots and logos, the Democrat-led ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois K-12 schools may soon be required to pick new team names to replace those that reference Native American names and imagery. That would include those used by 90 schools ...