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Dartmouth High School Honors Mascot

Dartmouth High School unveiled a new plaque Friday honoring its mascot, which the town overwhelmingly agreed to keep earlier this year. According to CBS 12 in Providence, the Dartmouth Indian first came under scrutiny back in February, when the Selectman John Haran said he was approached by a member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah who was concerned about the logo. The town overwhelmingly opted to keep the high school’s logo, and the school committee followed suit. Discussions of abandoning the logo started around a time when potentially offensive team logos sparked a national conversation regarding what’s appropriate.

 

The town also established an Indigenous People History and Culture Committee, which will review the culture, history and diversity of indigenous peoples.

 

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