NY Schools Say Federal Threat Over Native Mascot Imminent

By Crystal Owens ( January 27, 2026, 2:51 PM EST) -- A Long Island school district is asking a federal district court to alter its judgment dismissing a challenge to New York's ban on the use of Indigenous imagery, saying the district faces an "imminent and actual threat" of federal Civil Rights Act enforcement if it complies with the state law....

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