Letters: Native American names illustrate power, pride

Author:
ICT Staff
Updated:
Sep 12, 2018
Original:
Mar 18, 2009

There have been in the last two weeks two articles written about schools changing their mascot from a Native American name to one that is less offensive. The Fox Valley has Native-American names woven through it from Shawano to Oshkosh. For example, we have counties named after the Native-

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