| Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber
(D) is set to veto a bill that allows public schools to keep their Indian mascots with approval of the local tribe.
Last year, the Oregon
Board of Education voted 5-1 to prohibit schools from using Native
American names, symbols or images as mascots. Affected schools were given
until 2017 to make changes.
But the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians and the Confederated Tribes of Grande
Ronde objected and said they should be allowed to sanction the use of Indian mascots.
They supported passage of Senate Bill
215, which Kitzhaber is due to veto.
The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower
Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, the Oregon Indian Education Association
and the National Indian Education
Association support the ban on Indian mascots.
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