Massapequa High School is battling against the New York State Education Department's directive to abandon its 'Chiefs' mascot amid claims of insensitivity toward Native Americans. Despite a court ruling against their lawsuit, the community asserts that the name honors local Indigenous heritage. Many Native Americans oppose the name change, viewing it as a form of state overreach rather than genuine concern for cultural sensitivity. Notably, the financial burden of rebranding the school, estimated at $1 million, raises additional discontent among residents who feel their history is being erased.
Local Native Americans are offended, all right - not by the school name, but by the state's bullying the town into scrubbing it.
This takes the interest away from students to learn why their towns and teams are named this way.
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