22-01-2020 16:37 via sltrib.com

A Utah lawmaker says the state should support Native American mascots

A Cedar City lawmaker wants the state to assert its formal opposition to stripping Native American names or symbols from schools — about a year after a high school in his community scrapped its controversial "Redmen" mascot.The resolution sponsored by Rep. Rex Shipp would discourage the removal of these mascots, logos or names unless local officials “determine that there consensus amongst the affected individual Native American or other indigenous people” that the symbol should
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