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Native Americans protest nickname

  • Date: Feb. 16, 1989
  • Source: Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, February 16, 1989, Sec. 1, p. 1
  • Author: 0
  • Summary: A group of Native Americans pleaded with school officials February 16 to stop using the school's Indian Mascot. Board members are waiting for recommendations on the mascot's fate, which they hope to get by March 13.
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