Native American Mascots: Appleton Among Growing Number Of School Boards To Support Ban Of 'offensive' Imagery

Appleton Post-Crescent, The Post-Crescent
Tue, 08/20/2019 - 1:36pm

The Appleton school board will consider joining an effort to support a proposal to retire Native American mascots.

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