Colorado school district gets to keep mascot named after Kiowa Tribe

A Colorado school district will even now be ready to use its mascot named right after the Kiowa Tribe even with a state regulation banning the use of American Indian mascots by schools going into outcome next month, voted the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs on Thursday.

Elbert County University District C-2, centered in Kiowa, was taken off from the commission’s non-compliance record, that means its 3 universities — Kiowa Elementary, Kiowa Middle University and Kiowa Substantial College — can continue to use the district’s current mascot, the Kiowa Indians.

“The district is energized that as a faculty we have the honor of encouraging to preserve the heritage of the Kiowa Indians,” the faculty district mentioned in a assertion posted on its internet site. “Our city and district are focused to doing work with the Kiowa Tribe in the education and learning of our college students and community.”

Last yr, condition lawmakers handed Senate Bill 21-116 to prohibit the use of American Indian mascots by Colorado faculties setting up on June 1, 2022.

Elbert County School District has an arrangement with the Kiowa Tribe in Oklahoma regarding the three schools’ use of the mascot. The district is also including lessons for elementary and substantial school pupils in its hard work to comply with the regulation, according to the commission.

The courses will supply Indigenous American training, documented Fox 31.

A agent with the school district could not right away be arrived at for comment.