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What Went Wrong For Iowa?

What Went Wrong For Iowa?
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What Went Wrong For Iowa?

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Another Eastern Iowa School To Drop Indians Nickname

Another Eastern Iowa school district will be dropping the nickname Indians as it s mascot. KCRG reports that the Camanche Community School Board voted 5-1 to drop the use of the mascot by the end of this school year. The nickname Indians had been used at the school since they opened back in 1961. The move comes after decades of recommendations from Native American groups and school agencies to address the nickname. KCRG reports that Camanche superintendent Thomas Parker called the school mascot a stereotype. Many who spoke out during Monday night s meeting were in favor of keeping the nickname, saying that getting rid of it would just be another example of cancel culture.

A Clinton County School District Enters Indians Mascot Debate

The Clinton county town of Camanche, Iowa is one of 11 schools in Iowa that use the nickname Indians . But after a vote by their school board this week, they don t plan to use it anymore. KCRG says the board voted 5-1 to retire at the end of the school year the name that s been in use since 1961. They say the move comes after decades of recommendations from Native American groups and school agencies. Get our free mobile app But, wait, isn t the town s name, Camanche itself the name of a Native American tribe? The town s website talks about Dr. George K. Peck who, in 1836 joined thousands of other people trekking to Iowa on foot, in teams, and by boat. Peck s ancestors had come with the Pilgrims, and his father was a colonel in the Army during the Revolutionary War. On his journey, Peck came upon a high bank he thought was ideal for a settlement, and thus it became Camanche (which he had indeed misspelled) in honor of the Native American tribe, Comanche. So, you could say

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