{"id":457539,"date":"2021-04-26T22:20:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T02:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=457539"},"modified":"2021-04-26T22:20:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T02:20:48","slug":"washington-governor-signs-ban-on-native-american-mascots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-governor-signs-ban-on-native-american-mascots\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Governor Signs Ban On Native American Mascots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-governor-signs-ban-on-native-american-mascots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=457539&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3890.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Monday signed a bill banning Native American mascots at most public schools in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The law prohibits schools from using Native American names, symbols, and imagery as mascots, logos or team names, unless a tribal government has approved the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill will end the disrespectful use of Native American imagery in our public schools,\u201d Inslee, a Democrat, said at a signing ceremony for the bill in Olympia, Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov\/biennium\/2021-22\/Pdf\/Bills\/House%20Passed%20Legislature\/1356-S.PL.pdf#page=1\">bill<\/a> also requests that the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction establish a grant program to assist schools with the potential costs associated with altering names and imagery. The ban takes effect on January 1 of next year, and schools using Native American imagery or names must come up with a new mascot by Dec. 31. As of 2022, affected schools will not be able to purchase uniforms with the old mascot or name.<\/p>\n<p>The measure passed the state Senate on April 6 and the state House on April 12.<\/p>\n<p>The new law comes as several high-profile organizations with Native American mascots take steps to change their imagery.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Cleveland Indians of the MLB announced that headdresses or facepaint \u201cstyled in a way that references or appropriates American Indian cultures or traditions,\u201d are prohibited at games. Fans who violate the new policy face ejection from the stadium or the refusal of admission.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians still allow fans to wear attire featuring Chief Wahoo, the team\u2019s original mascot, the grinning, red-faced cartoon caricature of a Native American chief which the team has used since 1947. The mascot, which has sparked complaints for decades, was removed from players\u2019 uniforms in 2018, though the franchise still sells merchandise with the Chief Wahoo logo. The team is also in the process of changing its name from \u201cIndians,\u201d to a \u201cnew, non-Native American based name,\u201d MLB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/press-release\/press-release-cleveland-baseball-team-to-change-name\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs implemented a similar policy last year, prohibiting fans from attending NFL games in Arrowhead Stadium if they were donning headdresses or face paint based on Native American culture.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Washington, D.C.\u2019s NFL team announced that it will no longer go by the name \u201cRedskins,\u201d but will instead be known as the \u201cWashington Football Team\u201d until a new name is chosen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage fans, media and all other parties to use \u2018Washington Football Team\u2019 immediately,\u201d the team said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonfootball.com\/news\/redskins-announce-franchise-will-be-called-washington-football-team-pending-adop#:~:text=For%20updated%20brand%20clarity%20and,%22Washington%20Football%20Team%22%20immediately.\">statement<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The Atlanta Braves, another team accused of using racist Native American imagery, have so far made no significant moves to change their team name. According to the organization, it has discussed the issue with Native American groups and \u201cthrough our conversations, changing the name of the Braves is not under consideration or deemed necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the Braves are considering chopping \u201cthe chop,\u201d the tomahawk motion fans make at games, saying that the controversial tradition is\u00a0\u201cone of the many issues that we are working through with the advisory group\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Monday signed a bill banning Native American mascots at most public schools in the state.The law prohibits schools from using Native American names, symbols, and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276785,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3890.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Washington Governor Signs Ban On Native American Mascots","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-457539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3890.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Washington Governor Signs Ban On Native American Mascots","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}