Cooperstown School District Gets $10K From Oneida Indian Nation
The Cooperstown School District will be purchasing new uniforms with a new mascot thanks to a $10,000 gift from the Oneida Indian Nation.
The Cooperstown School District will be purchasing new uniforms with a new mascot thanks to a $10,000 gift from the Oneida Indian Nation.
The Oneida Nation is scheduled to present a check to the Cooperstown Central School District this week to deliver on a promise made when the district was considering changing its mascot.
Lawmakers in Washington, DC are debating a bill that would eliminate "Redskins" as the NFL team's name.
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The Oneida Indian Nation is congratulating the Cooperstown School Board for voting to remove the Redskins mascot from its sports teams.
The board voted 6-to-1 Wednesday night to drop the name.
The move was prompted by last month's vote by the student body that the mascot be changed