Newly elected school board in Pennsylvania reclaims Indigenous mascot, rejects cancel culture

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A Pennsylvania community reclaimed its local Indigenous history and a school's popular tribesman mascot last week, just a month after five new school committee members won elections and ran on pro-Native American platforms. 

The Southern York County School District (SYCSD) school board voted 7-2 on Thursday to allow Susquehannock High School to bring back its traditional Warriors logo. 

"This vote was the Lexington & Concord moment in the effort to defeat cancel culture," Native American activist and historian Andre Billeaudeuax told Fox News Digital, after lobbying on behalf of the traditional image that pays homage to the Indigenous Susquehannock people. 

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All seven votes in favor of the logo came from members who were elected since a previous board voted to remove the logo back in 2021. 

"The SYCSD school board stands as a role model and blueprint for other communities fighting for their Native names and imagery," the North Dakota-based Native American Guardians Association (NAGA) said in a statement, after it presented its case last week at the board meeting.

From left, Joe Wilson, Bill Hall, Jennifer Henkel, Jeremy Nash and Nathan Henkel were all elected to the Southern York County (Penn.) School District school board in Nov. 2023 — running on pro-Native American platforms. They voted in January 2024 to reclaim a local high school's Native American logo and mascot. (Courtesy Jennifer Henkel)

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