With the Okemos School Board's decision to change their mascot name on Monday come a lot of questions. Belding Area Schools changed theirs five years ago and one official says they have no regrets.
Arguing that Canton High School s Chief mascot and accompanying arrowhead logos are disrespectful to Native Americans and can lead to cultural appropriation, a group of Plymouth-Canton high school students asked the district s school board Tuesday to join their effort to change the school s mascot and logo.
During a 20-minute presentation as part of the Feb. 9 Plymouth-Canton Board of Education meeting held virtually via Zoom, Salem junior Sophie Jeffers and members of the Canton High School Congress offered a series of reasons why they believe the continued use of Chief is demeaning to Native Americans.
Cultural appropriation, Jeffers said, was evident in the name of the school s student cheering section The Tribe and in the Native American headdresses worn by some members of the cheering section.
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MARQUETTE The city of Marquette has been awarded two grants in support of arts and culture initiatives.
The city’s Community Services Arts and Culture Division will receive grants from the Native American Heritage Fund and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Both grants were approved in separate 7-0 votes at Monday night’s Marquette City Commission meeting.
The city will receive $57,500 in funding from the Native American Heritage Fund to install signage and showcase public art inspired by Anishinaabe history and heritage from the mouth of the Carp River in south Marquette all the way to Presque Isle Park.
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