A state education advisory group is doubling down on its efforts to convince North Carolina school districts to stop using Native American-themed mascots and logos. But the recommendation, made most recently last month to the State Board of Education, raises a key question in Robeson County, home to the Lumbee tribe and many Tuscarora people: What about schools with a long history of educating Native American students? About 39% of the nearly 20,000 students enrolled in Robeson County public schools are Native American, according to the State Advisory Council on Indian Education. Two schools in the district use mascots with Native American themes – Oxendine Elementary School, home of the Braves, and Pembroke Middle School, home of the Warriors. At both schools, Native Americans account for more than 80% of the student population.
A Washington state Family Pleads Guilty to Indian and Arts and Crafts Act Violations. The Rodrigo Family owned and operated Alaska Stone Arts, LLC and Rail Creek, LCC in Ketchikan, Alaska, from April 2016 to December 8, 2021. – A Washington family has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Indian Arts and Crafts Act for crimes committed when they owned and operated several businesses in Ketchikan, Alaska, involving the sale of Philippine produced stone carvings and wood totem poles as authentic Alaska Native produced artwork.
Those are your headlines at this hour. I’m Colette Keith in the KIPI News center.
