Mascot Change
See also: Native American mascot controversyIn 1987, Southwest High School was one of the first high schools in the country to stop using a Native American for its mascot and nickname. The Southwest student body voted to change the nickname of the school from the Indians to the Lakers.
Read more about this topic: Southwest High School (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
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“For as change is horror,
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—John Ashbery (b. 1927)