A Long Island school board narrowly voted Tuesday to change its Native American team name to one agreed to under a compromise with New York state officials, who had declared their old name of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An electronic display shows the new mascot name, T-Birds, outside Connetquot High School in Bohemia, N.Y., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025 ...
A Long Island school district may get to keep a shortened version of its “Thunderbirds” team name that New York State seemed poised to shoot down under its Native American logo ban. Connetquot’s team ...
Federal education officials say a New York school district is “erasing its Native American heritage” and violating civil ...
BOHEMIA, N.Y. (AP) — A school district in New York City’s suburbs agreed this week to change its “Thunderbirds” nickname to simply the “T-Birds” in order to comply with the state’s mandate to retire ...