Trump Administration Launches Probe Into New York Agency For Its Ban On Native American Sports Mascots

The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into nan New York Department of Education (NYDOE) Friday complete 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 target owed to its continued usage of nan Chiefs mascot name. 

A 2022 instruction by nan NYDOE demands that each nationalist schools discontinue Native American mascots aliases consequence losing authorities funding. Four Long Island schoolhouse districts, including Massapequa, revenge a suit challenging nan order, but a national judge dismissed nan case.

Now, nan Trump management is getting involved. 

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"The U.S. Department of Education will not guidelines by arsenic nan authorities of New York attempts to rewrite history and contradict nan municipality of Massapequa nan correct 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 rich | history and their heavy relationship to nan state, it is requiring schools to divert clip and resources distant from what really matters: educating our students. It is not mislaid connected nan Department that location are respective mascots that mention to indigenous aliases taste groups — nan Vikings, Fighting Irish, nan Cowboys — and yet New York has specifically singled retired Native American heritage. We will analyse this matter 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 nan investigation claims nan Native American Guardian's Association (NAGA) revenge a title pinch nan U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR).  

The NAGA claims nan New York Board of Regents is violating national civilian authorities rule by forcing nan Massapequa School District to destruct its Chiefs mascot based connected its relation pinch Native American culture. 

"The Native American Guardian's Association stands patient successful asserting that nan preservation of Native themes and imagery successful New York nationalist schools is not only a matter of taste dignity but a basal civilian correct for each students. We telephone connected national and authorities leaders to thief america take sides 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 truth and nan civilian authorities of each American Indians." 

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

"We convey nan Department of Education and nan Trump Administration for opinionated pinch Massapequa successful our effort to sphere nan Chiefs sanction and grant our community’s proud history. We’re particularly grateful to nan Native American Guardian's Association for its support and advocacy," Watcher said. 

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

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

Trump antecedently said retired successful support of nan school's correct to support its name. 

"I work together pinch nan group successful Massapequa, Long Island, who are fighting furiously to support nan Massapequa Chiefs logo connected their Teams and School," Trump wrote connected Truth Social.

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

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