“Everything is being named for the people who were here before,” she said of the district’s name and logo that shows a non-cartoonish Native American chief in a headdress. “So how can a ...

Nods to Massapequa’s Native American ... Massapequa Chief was one of the biggest honors you had in high school. “In my view point, there’s no negative thoughts with it.” Joseph Saladino ...

The ‘Yellowstone’ Dutton Ranch is the real-life Chief Joseph Ranch ... known as “counting coup,” is a Native American tradition, gives the episode its title. Beth shows a softer side ...

My digital review copy of “Big Chief,” Jon Hickey’s ambitious debut novel, came with a letter attached. In it, Hickey introduces himself as an enrolled citizen of the Lac du Flambeau Band of ...

Long Islanders have asked for President Donald Trump's help, and it looks like they are getting it. Massapequa High School's nickname is the Chiefs, but New York law states that schools must ...

The measure allows schools to continue to use previously purchased uniforms and other materials that include Native American mascots until 2030. If a school facility bears a prohibited name ...

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (PIX11) — There’s been an ongoing dispute between New York State and local Long Island departments of education over Native American mascot names and images used at schools.

Meridian native Jamal Roberts advanced to the Top 14 on "American Idol" Season 23. Roberts secured his spot with a performance of "Try a Little Tenderness." Four other contestants were saved by ...

President Donald Trump is siding with a Long Island school district in its attempt to keep its Chiefs iconography after New York state banned schools from using Native American mascots and team names.

“If we’re looking to ‘Make America Great Again,’ then I think it should start with the truth about the true American history,” said Deborah Parker, CEO of the National Native American ...