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California’s ban on Native American-themed mascots has been a conversation starter in schools

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By Lasherica Thornton Verified
| Jefferson Public Radio Verified
Over two dozen schools are named after Native American tribes, and potentially hundreds use the blacklisted terms for their mascots. Across the state, some schools have retired their school or mascot names in compliance with the prohibition, meant to ensure Native American culture is not mocked or misrepresented. Other schools have used an exception to the revised law that allows them to retain names, such as Chieftain or Apache, with the consent of local tribes.
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California’s ban on Native American-themed mascots has been a conversation starter in schools

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By Lasherica Thornton Verified
| KXJZ-FM (Sacramento, CA) Verified
By Lasherica Thornton, EdSource This story was originally published July 2 on EdSource. This week marked the deadline for California schools to comply with a state law that prohibits the use of culturally insensitive terms for Indigenous groups as school names or mascots. Over two dozen schools are named after Native American tribes, and potentially hundreds use the blacklisted terms for their mascots.
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Newsom’s Final Education Budget, by the Numbers

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By John Fensterwald Verified, Zaidee Stavely Verified, Betty Márquez Rosales, MIchael Burke, Diana Lambert Verified, Lasherica Thornton Verified, Emma Gallegos Verified, Yuxuan Xie
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Follow Newsom’s Final Education Budget, by the Numbers John Fensterwald and Zaidee Stavely and Betty Márquez Rosales and Michael Burke and Diana Lambert and Lasherica Thornton and Emma Gallegos and Yuxuan Xie Tue, July 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM UTC Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Key takeawaysPowered by Yahoo Scout. Yahoo is using AI to generate key points from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article.
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