Osseo-Fairchild School District ordered to drop "Chieftains" nickname and logo

Submitted by staff on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 9:01am

In the first test case for a new law giving the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction the power to review schools use of race-based mascots, the DPI has ordered the Osseo-Fairchild School District to drop its Chieftains nickname and logo after the determining the nickname and logo were race-based and promoted discrimination and harassment. "This is a wonderful decision. The DPI got it exactly right," said Barb Munson, of the Wisconsin Indian Education Association Mascot and Logo Task Force.
The DPI decision was in response to a complaint filed by Carol and Harvey Gunderson, residents of the Osseo-Fairchild School District.

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Wisconsin Schools That Still Have Race-Based ‘Indian’ Logos/Macsots/Names

School Nickname
Auburndale Apaches
Baldwin-Woodville Blackhawks
Belmont Braves
Berlin Indians
Big Foot (Walworth) Chiefs
Black Hawk (South Wayne) Warriors
Cornell Chiefs
Elmwood Raiders
Fort Atkinson Blackhawks
Greenwood Indians
Kewaskum Indians
Kewaunee Indians
Lake Holcombe Chieftains
Lancaster Flying Arrows
Menomonee Falls Indians
Menomonie Indians
Mishicot Indians
Mosinee Indians
Mukwonago Indians
Muskego Warriors
Osceola Chieftains
Osseo-Fairchild Chieftains
Ozaukee (Fredonia) Warriors
Potosi Chieftains
Prairie du Chien Blackhawks
Rib Lake Redmen
Riverdale (Muscoda) Chieftains
Seneca Indians
Shiocton Chiefs
Stockbridge Indians
Tomahawk Hatchets
Waunakee Warriors
Weyauwega-Fremont Indians
Winter Warriors
Wisconsin Dells Chiefs