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What’s Your Spirit Animal? Discover Your Guide Through the Native American Zodiac

Forget everything you’ve heard about “spirit animals” being quirky memes or internet jokes. In Native American traditions, your spirit animal isn’t just a cute representation of your personality—it’s ...
Seattle Times

2 Tri-Cities schools trying to keep their Native American symbols despite Washington state ban

KENNEWICK — Fifty years ago, Kennewick and Yakama tribal officials stood side-by-side as they opened Kamiakin High School. Now school district officials are putting together a presentation to show how ...
Yahoo

Symbol of Native American history cemented in Sacramento's Capitol Park

SACRAMENTO — A new Native American monument was unveiled in Sacramento's Capitol Park. A symbol of indigenous history, the statue of Miwok leader and preservationist William J. Franklin Sr. is now ...
WGRZ

NYS school districts told they can no longer use Native American symbols or mascots in their school name

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Education Department put out a directive to all school districts across the state to not use Native American symbols or mascots are part of their school name, mascots ...
AZ Central

'Dress up and play Indian': Why do civic groups use Native American symbols?

In 1937, Phoenix was a small city isolated in the middle of the Arizona desert with a population of less than 50,000 people who, like the rest of the nation, were struggling to recover from the Great ...