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List of secondary school sports team names and mascots derived from Indigenous peoples

Among the categories of names for sports teams in the United States and Canada, those referring to Indigenous peoples are lesser in popularity only to the names of various animals. In a list of the top 100 team names, "Indians" is 15th, "Braves" is 40th, "Chiefs" is 60th. The typical logo is an image of a stereotypical Native American man in profile, wearing a Plains Indians headdress; and are often cartoons or caricatures. Other imagery include dreamcatchers, feathers, spears, and arrows. Individual schools may have performance traditions, such as the tomahawk chop, a mascot or cheerleaders in stereotypical Native attire, and chants adapted from Hollywood movies. These fictional representations stand in the way of any authentic understanding of contemporary Indigenous peoples, and promote racism.

Current usage
The following schools are listed in alphabetical order by team name: Apaches Antonian College Preparatory High School, San Antonio, Texas – a co-educational Catholic high school While now asserting its nondiscriminatory status, the school remains 92.8 percent white, with no Native American students. Glenbrook has an annual "Apache Princess" pageant. • Gonzales High School, Gonzales, TexasPipestone Area High School, Pipestone, Minnesota - Entire school district is the Arrows with a crossed-arrow logo. • Preble Shawnee High School, Camden, Ohio - Entire school district is the Arrows. • Sachem High School East, Farmingville, New YorkSachem High School North, Lake Ronkonkoma, New York - (Flaming Arrows) • Tecumseh High School, New Carlisle, OhioWatertown High School, Watertown, South Dakota – The prior use of faux Native American costumes was removed from the homecoming festival in 2016, but the arrow in some logos remains. Aztec(s) Ánimo Leadership Charter High School, Inglewood, CaliforniaAssabet Valley Regional Technical High School, Marlborough, MassachusettsAzusa High School, Azusa, California - Azusa Unified School District is debating mascot. • Barstow High School, Barstow, California • Copper Canyon High School, Glendale, ArizonaCorona del Sol High School, Tempe, ArizonaEl Dorado High School, El Paso, TexasMontgomery High School, San Diego, CaliforniaPalm Desert High School, Palm Desert, CaliforniaSoledad High School, Soledad, CaliforniaYerba Buena High School, San Jose, California – mascot: Aztec Warrior • William Moreno Junior High School, Calexico, California Big RedsBellaire High School, Bellaire, Ohio - Uses Indian head logo • Centerville High School, Centerville, IowaChippewa Valley High School, Clinton Township, Macomb County, MichiganMissouri Valley High School, Missouri Valley, IowaParkersburg High School, Parkersburg, West Virginia • West Middlesex Jr/Sr High School, West Middlesex, Pennsylvania - Logo is a Native American in a headdress. Girls teams are Ms. Reds. Blackhawks Most of the schools with the name use a bird logo, therefore are not directly derived from an Indigenous people although there may be an indirect reference to Chief Black Hawk. The following use Native American images/symbols: • Adrian High School, Adrian, MissouriBaldwin-Woodville Area High School, Baldwin, WisconsinCheney High School, Cheney, WashingtonCowan High School, Muncie, Indiana • Fort Atkinson High School, Fort Atkinson, WisconsinPrairie du Chien High School, Prairie du Chien, WisconsinStockton High School, Stockton, IllinoisWest Aurora High School, Aurora, Illinois • Westville High School, New Durham Township, LaPorte County, Indiana Brave(s) Brownies • Agawam High School, Agawam, Massachusetts - With controversy going back decades, the Town Council again voted to retain the Native American imagery associated with their mascot in 2020, disregarding the national trend. Cherokees • Greenback High School, Greenback, Tennessee • Kendrick High School, Columbus, GeorgiaMcMinn County High School, Athens, TennesseeMorgan Township Middle-High School, Valparaiso, IndianaSouth-Doyle High School, Knoxville, Tennessee Chickasaws Blytheville High School, Blytheville, ArkansasNew Hampton High School, New Hampton, Iowa Chiefs Chieftains Chippewas/Chippewa RaidersChippewa Secondary School, North Bay, Ontario Choctaws • Bibb County High School, Centreville, AlabamaDyer County High School, Newbern, Tennessee • West Tallahatchie High School, Webb, Mississippi Comanche(s) Cahokia High School, Cahokia Heights, IllinoisCanyon High School, Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, CaliforniaShiner High School, Shiner, Texas – town is 26% Native American Eskimos or Eskymos • Bowbells High School, Bowbells, North DakotaEscanaba Area Public Schools, Escanaba, Michigan – The public schools are all the Eskymos, and have an Indian education program. • Town of Webb High School, Old Forge, New York Halfbreeds • Aniak Jr/Sr High School, Aniak, Alaska Hurons • Rogers City High School, Rogers City, Michigan Indian(s) A-E F-L M-R S-Z Kahoks Collinsville High School, Collinsville, Illinois Little Green Manchester High School Central, Manchester, New Hampshire Maidens Waynesboro Area Senior High School, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania Boys' teams are "Indians" Marauders Monache High School, Porterville, California – There was a large mural of a Native American on the side of the school's gym, created by Adam Sanchez, class of 2002. This referred to the high school's mascot, the "Marauder". Mohawk(s) • Bethune-Bowman Middle/High School, Rowesville, South Carolina • Colebrook Academy, Colebrook, New Hampshire • James Madison Middle School, Titusville, FloridaMadison High School, Middletown, OhioMcAuley High School, Cincinnati, OhioMarquette High School, Bellevue, IowaMedicine Hat High School, Medicine Hat, Alberta – In 2015 a grade-12 student started a petition to change the name. • Millis High School, Millis, MassachusettsMoravia High School, Moravia, Iowa • Morley-Stanwood High School, Morley, Michigan • Morrisonville Jr./Sr. High School, Morrisonville, Illinois • Northwest High School, McDermott, OhioPiggott High School, Piggott, ArkansasWaldron Junior-Senior High School, Waldron, Indiana Mohigans Morgantown High School, Morgantown, West Virginia Red Devils Springville High School (Utah) — a local community group, with the support of the Navajo Nation, attempted unsuccessfully in 2002 to advocate for a change in the school mascot name on the basis of the dual racist and religious connotations. Red Raiders/Raiders Redmen Arnprior District High School, Arnprior, OntarioBellevue High School, Bellevue, OhioBucyrus High School, Bucyrus, OhioDenis Morris Catholic High School, St. Catharines, OntarioEast Islip High School, Islip Terrace, New YorkFostoria High School, Fostoria, OhioParma Senior High School, Parma, OhioRock Hill Senior High School, Ironton, OhioSisseton High School, Sisseton, South Dakota – Located on the Lake Traverse Indian ReservationSmith Center High School, Smith Center, KansasTewksbury Memorial High School, Tewksbury, Massachusetts Reds • Calaveras High School, San Andreas, California - When a state law required dropping the Redskins, no new name was selected in 2016 and their Native logo was retained. They are now "The Mighty Reds" • Eaton High School, Eaton, Colorado Redskins Renegades The term "renegade" was historically used to describe Native Americans who refused to live on reservations and continued to follow traditional lifestyles. • Shawnee High School, Burlington County, New Jersey Sachems Middleborough High School, Middleborough, Massachusetts Savages • Broken Bow High School, Broken Bow, Oklahoma • Leflore High School, Leflore, Oklahoma • Quinton High School, Quinton, OklahomaSalmon High School, Salmon, Idaho • Salmon River High School, Salmon River, IdahoSavannah High School, Savannah, Missouri - The school board voted in 2021 to phase out imagery, but retain the name. • Sigourney Junior/Senior High School, Sigourney, IowaTecumseh High School, Tecumseh, Oklahoma • Wynnewood High School, Wynnewood, Oklahoma Scouts Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest, Illinois – Some logos use Native American images or spear Seminoles Creekside High School, Fairburn, GeorgiaMonroe Central High School, Woodsfield, OhioOsceola High School, Osceola, ArkansasSalem High School, Conyers, GeorgiaSoutheast High School, Bradenton, FloridaWestside High School, Macon, Georgia • Toms River Intermediate School South, Beachwood, New Jersey Senecas Calvert High School, Tiffin, Ohio Sioux • Lower Brule High School, Lower Brule, South Dakota – Located on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation • Solen High School, Solen, North Dakota – Located on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation • Westhope High School, Westhope, North Dakota Sobos • South Beloit High School, South Beloit, Illinois Squaws Squaw is a sexualized racial slur against Native women. • Bellmont High School, Decatur, Indiana – Boys' teams are "Braves" • Dodge County High School, Eastman, Georgia – Boys' teams are "Indians" • Jourdanton High School, Jourdanton, Texas – Boys' teams are "Indians" Thunderbirds Although the thunderbird is a creature in Native American mythology, these school's logos/mascots may come from indirect associations with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds or the Ford Thunderbird. • Bellevue West High School, Bellevue, Nebraska - Offutt Air Force Base is located in Bellevue • Circle High School, Towanda, KansasEdsel Ford High School, Dearborn, Michigan - Dearborn is the location of the Ford Motor Company headquarters. • GFW High School, Winthrop, Minnesota • Johnson County Central High School, Tecumseh, NebraskaLegacy High School, Vancouver, WashingtonThornwood High School, South Holland, IllinoisTimpview High School, Provo, UtahTumwater High School, Tumwater, WashingtonYucaipa High School, Yucaipa, California Tomahawk(s) Marysville Pilchuck High School, Marysville, Washington - With the passage of a new state law, the Tulalip Tribes leadership requested the change in June 2021. In December 2021 the Tulalip granted permission to keep the name. However, Marysville's Totem Lake Middle School will no longer be the Tomahawks. • Merrimack High School, Merrimack, New Hampshire Tribe • Chowchilla Union High School, Chowchilla, California Wamps Braintree High School, Braintree, Massachusetts – Nickname derived from the Wampanoag people Warrior(s) A number of schools with the name "Warriors" never used Indigenous imagery, or changed in response to the controversy. == Prior usage ==
Prior usage
School closures There have been at least changes due to school closures or consolidations. Change decisions There have been at least changes due to decisions to eliminate discrimination. :Note: the year column represents when the decision was made to remove the old name. ==See also==
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