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State Board of Education to Hear Concerns on Mascots

Thursday the State Board of Education will hear testimony on state funded schools use of Native American mascots. Se-Ah-Dom Edmo is the Vice President of the Oregon Indian Education Association. She says she'll be presenting as an educator and to represent her history. Edmo says the fight against the objectification of Native Americans has been getting national attention through other cases with college and professional teams. After the testimony, the State Board of Education will open the subject to public comment. They hope to have a decision sometime this summer.

 

 

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