The U.S. Department of Education announced that it is referring its investigation into the New York State DOE and Board of Regents for their refusal to overturn a ban placed on Native American mascots, names and logos to the Justice Department for enforcement.
“Both of these entities continue to disrespect the people of Massapequa by refusing to come into compliance with the Office for Civil Rights’ proposed agreement to rectify their violations of civil rights law,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a press release Tuesday, June 17. “We will not allow New York State to silence the voices of Native Americans and discriminatorily choose which history is acceptable to promote or erase.”
