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After more than eight decades, Bellingham High announces its new, inclusive mascot
File The Bellingham Herald With everyone itching for summer vacation, it’s time to meet Whatcom County’s newest school mascot — drum roll please — the Bellingham High School Bayhawks.
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Measure to ban Native American school mascots gets state House hearing
Lekanoff, who represents part of Bellingham and Whatcom County, is backing a measure to ban Native American mascots in public high schools. Robert Mittendorf The Bellingham Herald Members of the ...
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'I don't feel honored': Native mascots at schools are not only offensive; they evoke historical trauma
State Representative Debra Lekanoff, who represents Whatcom ... Frank Jr. III is working with schools in Thurston county to help them remove offensive mascots. He took KING 5 to the Wa He Lute ...
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'I don't feel honored': Native mascots at schools are not only offensive; they evoke historical trauma
State Representative Debra Lekanoff, who represents Whatcom ... Frank Jr. III is working with schools in Thurston county to help them remove offensive mascots. He took KING 5 to the Wa He Lute ...