The U.S. Department of Education says New York’s ban on Native American mascots violates federal civil rights law.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced Friday that New York violated civil rights law by banning the use of Native American mascots and logos by schools in the state, threatening to pull federal ...

Still, the bill calls for banning schools from using Native American names, logos or mascots that include ... of feathered headdresses, tomahawks, arrowheads or spears, arrows or other weapons ...

logo or mascot depicting Native Americans. Feathered headdresses, tomahawks, arrowheads or spears, arrows and other weapons combined with feathers would also be prohibited as logos. The ...

The team's name and arrowhead logo remain, as does the “tomahawk ... the American Indian Community Working Group, which has Native Americans serving as advisers, to educate the team on issues ...

Many Native American groups and others considered the ... However, the team’s name and arrowhead logo remain, as does the "tomahawk chop," in which fans chant and swing a forearm up and down ...

The team's name and arrowhead logo remain, as does the “tomahawk ... the American Indian Community Working Group, which has Native Americans serving as advisers, to educate the team on issues ...

The team’s name and arrowhead logo remain, as does the “tomahawk chop,” in ... In 2014, the Chiefs launched the American Indian Community Working Group, which has Native Americans serving as advisers, ...