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I write and blog exclusively about team nickname and mascot histories ( so I carefully follow the debate over Tewksbury Memorial High School’s Redmen in the pages of The Sun. It’s worth… ...
"After engaging community members, staff, and students in a variety of fora since the summer of 2020, we are not changing our Parma Senior High Redmen name and logo at this time.
During the meeting, the board asked for the Redmen logo to be changed so that it does not portray Native Americans in a negative way, NBC Connecticut reports.
Killingly's school board is angry the Red Hawks logo, which briefly replaced a Native American mascot, is still shown at high school sporting events. News Sports ... The bird-themed name was chosen in ...
PARMA, Ohio -- The spring of social protests regarding racism and inequality have continued into the summer leading to the recent removal of Confederate flags and statues around the country, as ...
“The logo we use is accurate and respectful of Native American people. “We hold the Redmen ideals of strength, honor, courage, bravery, never giving up and always fighting to the end,” he said.
The biggest concern should be in Tewksbury because their nickname is the Redmen as well,” said Erich Thalheimer of Natick, who’s fighting to bring the same logo back to his hometown high school.
Killingly voters made a strong showing on Election Day in the Killingly High School gymnasium, where the Redmen logo was still visible Nov. 5. But it remains to be seen whether the Redmen will ...
Then, in 1992, McGill decided to stop using the logo but retain the "Redmen" name. Another round of criticism in recent years led Fortier and the university's leadership to re-examine the issue.
Since seeing the plight of the Tewksbury High School football team regarding their logo, I have but a one-word solution for those individuals or organizations that would abolish the Redmen logo ...
GALESVILLE — The Redmen soon will be no more. When the high school’s baseball season ends in July, so will the mascot for Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau schools. G-E-T schools to say goodbye to Redmen ...