,,iv  #aai? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,h4 ,,res4 #ajde  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(    
,,repres5tatives  ,febru>y #i1 #bjbf,mr4
 ,pallone submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on         
,education & ,work=ce  ,,resolution     
,call+ on ! ,secret>y ( ,education to "w
 ) /akehold]s to imm$iately elim9ate    
race-bas$ ,native logos1 mascots1 &     
names f ,/ate educational in/itutions1 &
 call+ on ,/ate educational in/itutions 
& national sports fran*ises to cease !  
unsanction$ use ( su* logos1 mascots1 & 
names4  ,:]eas1 bas$ on article ,i      
section #h ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates            
,con/itution1 treaties1 ,f$]al /atutes1 
& c\rt decisions1 ! ,unit$ ,/ates has a 
unique hi/orical & legal relation%ip ) !
 ,am]ican ,indian & ,alaska ,native     
peoples1 :i* s]ves z ! basis = ! ,f$]al 
,gov]nm5t's tru/ responsibility &       
obligations to ! ,am]ican ,indian &     
,alaska ,native peoples2  ,:]eas !re are
 #egd f$]ally recogniz$ ,indian ,tribes 
9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 ) "s #dj p]c5t (     

,indian ,tribes locat$ 9 ! ,/ate (      
,alaska2 ,:]eas ,indian ,tribes h       
pr9cipal responsibility = l&s & p )9 _! 
jurisdictions2 ,:]eas ?is responsibility
 ext5ds to educat+ _! ,am]ican ,indian &
 ,alaska ,native /ud5ts & provid+       
adequate educational facilities 9 :i* ! 
/ud5ts c le>n2 ,:]eas k9d]g>t51         
elem5t>y1 & second>y s*ools all ov] !   
,nation use words & symbols repres5t+ _!
 s*ools t are h>mful to ,native         
,am]icans2  ,:]eas1 nationally1 m ?an   
#a1ijj k9d]g>t51 elem5t>y1 & second>y   
s*ools inappropriately use su* h>mful   
names or nicknames1 & ^! names or       
symbols (t5 become mascots & are us$ at 
a?letic games = mascot *>act]s1 *ants1 &
 o!r antics2  ,:]eas1 al?\gh ^! s*ool   
communities d n int5d disrespect t[>d   
,native ,am]icans1 t is ! end result (  
all[+ ^! h>mful t]ms to cont9ue 9       
educational in/itutions2 ,:]eas !re h   
be5 national sports teams t h recogniz$ 
t _! mascots 7 raci/ & h>mful to ,native
 ,am]ican communities2 ,:]eas !re has   

be5 sci5tific rese>* conduct$ to det]m9e
 ! h>mful effects ( ^! ,native sports   
mascots on our ,native y\?2 ,:]eas      
multiple academic /udies ov] ! la/ few  
decades h f\nd t ,am]ican ,indian &     
,alaska ,native high s*ool & college    
/ud5ts _h a consi/5t1 negative reaction 
to /]eotypical mascots because ^! images
 & names rem9d ,native y\? ( ! limit$   
ways 9 :i* o!rs see !m1 :i* 9 turn      
re/ricts h[ !y see !mselves1 &1         
importantly1 ! self-e/eem ( non-,native 
y\?s rose :5 pres5t$ ) ! same images2 & 
,:]eas ! ,am]ican ,psy*ological         
,association has det]m9$ t ^!           
repres5tations also und]m9e ! ability ( 
,native ,nations & peoples to portray   
!mselves accurately z di/9ct & div]se   
cultures1 & t /]eotypical images are a  
dom9ant culture's prejudic$             
repres5tations ( a racial or e?nic      
m9ority gr\p3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t--     
7#a7 ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives condemns 
all racism & discrim9ation2  7#b7 !     
,secret>y ( ,education %\ld "w ) ,tribal

 ,nations1 ,native ,am]ican gr\ps1      
public k9d]g>t51 elem5t>y1 & second>y   
s*ools1 & o!r /akehold]s to imm$iately  
elim9ate race-bas$ ,native logos1       
mascots1 & names f ,/ate educational    
in/itutions across ! ,unit$ ,/ates1     
especially ^? receiv+ ,f$]al funds2 &   
7#c7 ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives calls =  
,/ate educational in/itutions & national
 sports fran*ises to cease ! unsanction$
 use ( su* race-bas$ ,native logos1     
mascots1 & names 9 ! ef=t to ov]come ^! 
/]eotypes & raise ! self-e/eem ( ,native
 /ud5ts s !y h ! same opportunity z _!  
non-,native pe]s to a*ieve academically 
)\t discrim9ation4