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The Apaches are here to stay. The Arcadia High Student Exectuvie Council announced that the school will maintain the the Apache Indian as the Arcadia High School mascot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25903
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 30, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 30, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Peschiutta, Claudia
Item ID
26103AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Apaches name use is challenged. Sonny Skyhawk challenged The Arcadia School Board to drop the Apache Native American mascot for Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25890
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 1997
Pages
p. 7, 26
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 1997
Pages
p. 7, 26
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
School Board
Skyhawk, Sonny
Item ID
26090AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia High School Executive Council decided to retain the Apache as school mascot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7240
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
October 30, 1997
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
October 30, 1997
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
11108AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School's Student Executive council convened behind closed doors last week to cast its vote on whether the Apache mascot is insulting to American Indians or is a tradition which should remain at the school. They present their vote to the School Board on Tuesday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2039
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
10909AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School students are discussing changing the Apache mascot.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Valley Section
Date
October 17, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Valley Section
Date
October 17, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
10762AN
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
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Newspaper Index
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Decades-long debate over Arcadia High School's use of Apache imagery resurfaces. The controversy began in 1997. In the late 1990s, Native American activists threatened to sue Arcadia High School over the use of the Apache mascot. "Apache Joe" mascot is no longer used. In 2020, a year of massive protests and change in the United States, perhaps another look at the logo and name may be in order. Arcadia schools Superintendent David Vannasdall responded, in part, with why Arcadia High School continues to use the Apache name, citing the strong partnership between Arcadia High School and the White Mountain Apache Tribe, who granted the use of their name to the school. He said, regardless of the school's mascot name, he will continue to honor the relationship he and Arcadia High School have with the White Mountain Apache Tribe and is fortunate to call them friends. He believes revisiting this issue on a regular basis is wise.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35764
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 25, 2020
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 25, 2020
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Activism
Arcadia High School Apaches
Burstyn, Mark
Farooq, Shayan
Mascots
Native Americans
Vannasdall, David
Wang, Sarah
White Mountain Apache Tribe
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Despite pressure from Native American representatives to switch mascots in the interest of cultural sensitivity, the Apache will remain as Arcadia High School's mascot, student and school leaders decided.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3254
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
10995AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former Mayor, students reflect on continuing controversy over Apache imagery use at Arcadia High School.1342 people have signed petition to stop its use as a mascot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35765
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Activism
Arcadia High School Apaches
Flanders, Jill
Mascots
Native Americans
Plourde, Martin
Vannasdall, David
White Mountain Apache Tribe
Collection
Newspaper Index
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More than a mascot. Schools: When a Native American group urged Arcadia High to stop using the Apache as a symbol, officials made it an educational issue to be studied--and decided by--the Student Council. Members of the Arcadia High School Student Council are scheduled today to recommend whether to keep their school mascot, the Apache warrior which has been used for 45 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3268
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
October 28, 1997
Pages
p. B2 w/photo
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
October 28, 1997
Pages
p. B2 w/photo
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
10996AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Native American activists are urging Arcadia High School to drop the Apache mascot, hinting that they might turn to a law suit as a last resort.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10384
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
10332AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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