Trump administration launches probe into New York agency for its ban on Native American sports mascots

The U.S. Department of Education launched an probe into the New York Department of Education (NYDOE) Friday implicit a Long Island precocious school's mascot. 

The NYDOE banned Native American-inspired logos and mascots for precocious schoolhouse sports teams, which has made Massapequa School District connected Long Island a people owed to its continued usage of the Chiefs mascot name. 

A 2022 mandate by the NYDOE demands that each nationalist schools discontinue Native American mascots oregon hazard losing authorities funding. Four Long Island schoolhouse districts, including Massapequa, filed a suit challenging the order, but a national justice dismissed the case.

Now, the Trump medication is getting involved. 

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"The U.S. Department of Education volition not basal by arsenic the authorities of New York attempts to rewrite past and contradict the municipality of Massapequa the close to observe its practice successful its schools," U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said successful an announcement Friday. 

"While New York chooses to prioritize erasing Native Americans, their affluent past and their heavy transportation to the state, it is requiring schools to divert clip and resources distant from what truly matters: educating our students. It is not mislaid connected the Department that determination are respective mascots that notation to indigenous oregon taste groups — the Vikings, Fighting Irish, the Cowboys — and yet New York has specifically singled retired Native American heritage. We volition analyse this substance fully." 

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The exterior of Massapequa High School successful Massapequa Park, N.Y., May 23, 2023. (Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

The announcement of the probe claims the Native American Guardian's Association (NAGA) filed a ailment with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR).  

The NAGA claims the New York Board of Regents is violating national civilian rights instrumentality by forcing the Massapequa School District to destruct its Chiefs mascot based connected its relation with Native American culture. 

"The Native American Guardian's Association stands steadfast successful asserting that the preservation of Native themes and imagery successful New York nationalist schools is not lone a substance of taste dignity but a cardinal civilian close for each students. We telephone connected national and authorities leaders to assistance america support these dwindling expressions of our beingness and contributions," said Frank Blackcloud, vice president of NAGA.

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"Maintaining a respectable beingness successful NY State schools is captious to acquisition equity, humanities information and the civilian rights of each American Indians." 

The president of the Massapequa Board of Education is quoted successful the announcement thanking Trump's medication for getting involved.

"We convey the Department of Education and the Trump Administration for lasting with Massapequa successful our effort to sphere the Chiefs sanction and grant our community’s arrogant history. We’re particularly grateful to the Native American Guardian's Association for its enactment and advocacy," Watcher said. 

"Attempts to erase Native American imagery bash not beforehand learning. They distract from our halfway ngo of providing a high-quality acquisition grounded successful respect, past and assemblage values."

Holden Armenta, a instrumentality of the Kansas City Chiefs, waits for the commencement of the Super Bowl betwixt the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas Feb. 11, 2024 (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump antecedently spoke retired successful enactment of the school's close to support its name. 

"I hold with the radical successful Massapequa, Long Island, who are warring furiously to support the Massapequa Chiefs logo connected their Teams and School," Trump wrote connected Truth Social.

"Forcing them to alteration the name, aft each of these years, is ridiculous and, successful actuality, an affront to our large Indian population. The School Board, and virtually everyone successful the area, are demanding the sanction beryllium kept. It has go the School’s individuality and, what could beryllium incorrect with utilizing the name, ‘Chief’? I don’t spot the Kansas City Chiefs changing their sanction anytime soon! By transcript of this TRUTH, I americium asking my highly susceptible Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, to combat for the radical of Massapequa connected this precise important issue. LONG LIVE THE MASSAPEQUA CHIEFS!"

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