Embrace your Inner Indian

How is a community’s identity defined? When schools make use of race-based mascots, namesand imagery, there is an effect on the school community, but also an effect on the communitiesthe mascot refers to. Readers will hear about one family’s experience in a district who callsthemselves “Indians.” Explore how a willingness to learn about a culture outside one’s own canlead to a world of understanding, and sometimes, change.