Hopeful Positive Steps

In the state of Illinois, Native peoples are one step closer to ending the use of Native sports mascots. In May 2023, a law passed that includes Native American history to be taught in public schools, implemented in 24-25 school year.

A law to ban the use of Native American sports mascots is now in the rules committee where it waits to be assigned to a committee for the next step.

POSSIBLE LEGISLATION

This gives our Coalition hope that Pennsylvania can also take up this issue.

FOLLOW UP ON CUTS TO NATIVE COLLEGES:

Three Tribal Nations (Pueblo of Isleta, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, and Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes) alongside five affected Native students (Ella Bowen, Kaiya Brown, Danielle Ledesma, Victor Organista, and Aiyanna Tanyan) have sued the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and Office of Indian Affairs over severe staff cuts at the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) and its schools, Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute. READ ARTICLE