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After an emotional, two hour discussion, the Arcadia school board reaffirmed its support of Arcadia High School's use of the Apache nickname.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18612
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
18856AN
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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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Article about the Arcadia High School mascot controversy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23231
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School mascot
Native Americans
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
23439AN
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Californian Assemblywoman Carol Liu visited Arcadia High School to discuss a bill banning the use of Native American mascots.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23500
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School mascot
Item ID
23708AN
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State legislators debate whether Native American symbols should be used as school mascots.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23318
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 2000
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 2000
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia High School mascot
Item ID
23527AN
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