The U.S. Department of Education is threatening legal action against the state of New York for forcing a Long Island high school to abandon its Native American-themed mascot.
During a visit to Massapequa High School on May 30, Education Secretary Linda McMahon declared that the New York State Board of Regents violated Title VI, the federal law prohibiting race-based discrimination in federally funded education programs, when it tried to ban the school’s longtime “Chiefs” nickname and feathered headdress logo in 2023.