KIPI News, January 11, 2023 – Part 2

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A Colorado High School has a new mascot but the same school spirit. Previously the thunderbirds, Hinkley High School in Aurora has officially changed to the “thunder” following a state law limiting the use of Native American imagery in school logos. The thunderbird is a mythical bird found in a variety of Native American legends and folklore. In 2021, Colorado lawmakers passed a law prohibiting the use of Native American mascots by schools unless they have an agreement with a specific tribe. Hinkley was one of a number of Colorado schools asked to change its mascot from the thunderbird after the law took effect including Arrowhead Elementary School, which voted in November to change its mascot to the fox.

A Fake Native American Running ‘Indigenous Art Collective’ Turns Out to Be White

The co-founder of a queer indigenous art collective in Wisconsin who claimed to be Native American has apologized amid allegations that she is a. Kay LeClaire, who also goes by the name Nibiiwakamigkwe and has previously gone by the name Katie Le Claire, currently identifies as “two-spirit,” a term used by some indigenous people to describe a non-binary gender identity, the Daily Mail reported. A genealogy hobbyist posting under the name AdvancedSmite made the accusations on a forum hosted by New Age Frauds & Plastic Shamans, a group that exposes attempts to appropriate and profit from Native identity and spirituality.

 

Those are your headlines at this hour. I’m Colette Keith in the KIPI News center.

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