Helena, Montana (AP)
American Indian high school students on Montana reservations report using the drug methamphetamine at more than double the rate reported by all high school students in the state, but the use has fallen dramatically, a survey finds.
The 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicates that nearly 11 percent of Indian high school students on reservations report using meth at least once. In 1999, the figure topped 25 percent.
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Carpinteria, California (AP)
Carpinteria High School’s warrior mascot could be staying.
The Carpinteria Unified School District board decided May 13 that a committee will be formed to make a recommendation on Native American imagery on the school campus.
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Orleans, Massachusetts (AP)
The Indian that’s long been the Nauset Regional School District’s mascot has been dumped.
But the board at the Cape Cod school district has decided to preserve the name, “The Nauset Warriors.”
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Carpenteria, California (AP)
Carpinteria High School’s scowling warrior mascot is apparently doomed.
The school district’s 15-member Native American Imagery Committee decided Oct. 23 that the school board should get rid of the warrior face on letterman jacket patches...11-03-2008, 01:41 PM -
Elkins, West Virginia (AP)
Two community groups are working to restore a historic school in Elkins that once served minority students.
Riverside School was built more than a hundred years ago. It served African-American and some American Indian students until segregation...01-26-2011, 12:25 AM -
Carpinteria, California (AP)
More than 600 students at Carpinteria High School are protesting a school district decision to remove images of the school’s Indian warrior mascot.
A student who is a member of the Chumash tribe complained the school’s mascot – an American...05-01-2008, 02:02 PM