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Several White Mountain Apaches spent several days on the high school campus exchanging friendship and learning. Tribal Council Chairman Dallas Massey, with others in his group, also attended a Board of Education meeting, Chamber of Commerce Intercultural Dinner and the Rotary Club.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27760
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 23, 2000
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 23, 2000
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School mascot
Massey, Dallas
White Mountain Apaches
Item ID
27957AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District to reconsider Apaches as mascot amid online petition drive, officials say it is on agenda. It is a revival of a 20-year-old controversy to remove Apaches name and imagery amid a nationwide movement to erase offensive emblems. Shayan Farooq, a 2013 graduate of Arcadia High School, felt the issue needed to be addressed. Farooq started a petition at Change.org. AUSD spokesperson Ryan Foran said the issue will be addressed in its list of priorities after reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic and recent sexual assault allegations involving current and former students who were video recorded, without consent, having sex. Controversy surrounding the Apaches mascot dates back two decades when Native American activists protested the Apache Joe mascot at Arcadia school board meetings in 1999. Then Principal Martin Plourde sought the White Mountain Apache Tribe's blessing to use the imagery and tribal leaders approved, but many students at Alchesay High School (Arcadia High School's sister school on Apache reservation) found the mascot offensive and urged Plourde to change it. 2018 Arcadia High School graduate Yumei Lin is leading a Facebook group to change the emblem.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35782
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Arcadia High School mascot
Farooq, Shayan
Lin, Yumei
Plourde, Martin
White Mountain Apache Tribe
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Assembly Bill 2115 goes to the state legislature. It calls for a ban on using the name Apaches by Arcadia Unified School District sports teams.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30282
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 2, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 2, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School mascot
Assembly bills
Native American Indian Tribes
White Mountain Apache Nation
Item ID
30469AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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