Two years ago, Washington state tried to reckon with mascots containing harmful representations of Indigenous cultures

If you walked the halls of North Central High School two years ago, you’d find students milling about in their letterman jackets and jerseys stamped with the face of a Native American tribal chief in a traditional headdress.

Nowadays, however, you’d struggle to find a shred of evidence that the school’s mascot was ever anything other than a pack of howling wolves — the Wolfpack.

Mascots have been a staple of schools and sports teams for more than a century and for some, these iconic caricatures are the lifeblood that keeps

→ Continue reading at Inlander