December 8th, 2009 by B

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The Secretary of Education, acting through the Committee on Indian Relations, will make grants available to various schools for the purpose of discontinuing derogatory names of a school’s nickname, mascot, or team name. The grants will be used to purchase new team uniforms and make alterations to a school’s facilities. A Committee on Indian Relations will be created within the Department of Education for the purpose of identifying schools which use derogatory names. The following names have been deemed derogatory thus far: Indians, Braves, Chiefs, and Redskins. H.R. 4152 was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor.

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