State mascot vote to impact Manhasset

Regents board unanimously bans Native American imagery in schools

BY ROBERT PELAEZ

New York’s Board of Regents unanimously voted to ban the use of Native American mascots, team names, logos and depictions Tuesday, a decision that will affect two local school districts, according to state officials.

The state Department of Education released a memo Nov. 17 informing school districts that do fall under that category to adopt a resolution to eliminate the names of all indigenous names, logos and mascots by the end of the 2022-23 school year.

Schools in the Manhasset and Sewanhaka school districts sport the “Indians” title for their athletic teams. Efforts to reach state representatives or district officials for comment were unavailing.

The resolution that Manhasset, Sewanhaka and other affected districts have to adopt under the new mandate requires them to “identify a plan to eliminate all use of the prohibited name, work, or mascot

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