Residents who support Skowhegan Indian Pride are trying to overturn the board’s 14-9 vote to retire the nickname used for the school district’s sports teams.
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Skowhegan driver’s ed instructor charged with sexually assaulting student
Duane Marquis, an instructor at the Skowhegan Driving School, is alleged to have had an improper sexual relationship with an 18-year-old student in Carrabec High School’s driver’s education program.
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Skowhegan groups awarded $75,000 for fiery river art display
Main Street Skowhegan will receive $75,000 over 3 years to implement ‘Kennebec on Fire,’ in collaboration with the Wesserunsett Arts Council.
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Somerset County grand jury indicts Skowhegan man in BB-gun shooting
William Ricky McCarty Jr. is charged with elevated aggravated assault and aggravated assault in the shooting of Charles Quimby, who has permanent injuries
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Skowhegan ‘Indians’ fans rally to overturn vote
Supporters of keeping the nickname for school sports teams launch a petition drive.
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Our View: Skowhegan-area school board right to retire nickname
Regardless of anyone’s intent, the sports teams’ name was offensive and hurtful and had to go.
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Skowhegan’s decision to retire ‘Indians’ nickname faces hurdles
Some in the community say they will fight the change, while others are grappling with how and when to make it.
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Skowhegan schools become last in Maine to retire ‘Indians’ nickname
The 14-9 vote by the SAD 54 board concludes a years-long debate that divided residents over whether its sports teams’ name was offensive to Native Americans.
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Maine education department urges schools to ‘refrain’ from using Native American mascots
The notice by the Maine Department of Education comes a week before the school board for Skowhegan-based SAD 54 is set to deliberate further over their schools’ “Indians” nickname.
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Fourth-graders make their case for which chickadee should be the state bird
A presentation will be made Wednesday to ask the Legislature to distinquish if the boreal chickadee of black-capped chickadee is the state bird.