How Indian Mascots Dehumanize

Bioneers | Published: August 12, 2019 IndigeneityJusticeYouth Video

Dahkota Brown (Wilton-Miwok) Founder of NERDS, Native Education Raising Dedicated Students, and appointee to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education talks about the impact that Indian mascots have on Native youth in school.

This presentation took place in the Indigeneity Forum at the 2017 National Bioneers Conference.

Indigeneity is a Native-led Program within Bioneers that promotes Indigenous knowledge and approaches to solve the earth’s most pressing environmental and social issues through respectful dialogue.

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