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    School board forms committee to quell Indian mascot uproar

    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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