IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 589 
Calling on the Secretary of Education to work with stakeholders to imme-
diately eliminate race-based Native logos, mascots, and names from State 
educational institutions, and calling on State educational institutions 
and national sports franchises to cease the unsanctioned use of such 
logos, mascots, and names. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2023 
Mr. PALLONE (for himself and Ms. NORTON) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force 
RESOLUTION 
Calling on the Secretary of Education to work with stake-
holders to immediately eliminate race-based Native logos, 
mascots, and names from State educational institutions, 
and calling on State educational institutions and national 
sports franchises to cease the unsanctioned use of such 
logos, mascots, and names. 
Whereas, based on article I, section 8, of the United States 
Constitution, treaties, Federal statutes, and court deci-
sions, the United States has a unique historical and legal 
relationship with the American Indian and Alaska Native 
peoples, which serves as the basis for the Federal Gov-
ernment’s trust responsibility and obligations to the 
American Indian and Alaska Native peoples; 
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•HRES 589 IH 
Whereas there are 574 federally recognized Indian Tribes in 
the United States, with some 40 percent of Indian Tribes 
located in the State of Alaska; 
Whereas Indian Tribes have principal responsibility for lands 
and people within their jurisdictions; 
Whereas this responsibility extends to educating their Amer-
ican Indian and Alaska Native students and providing 
adequate educational facilities in which the students can 
learn; 
Whereas kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools all 
over the Nation use words and symbols representing their 
schools that are harmful to Native Americans; 
Whereas nationally, more than 1,900 kindergarten, elemen-
tary, and secondary schools inappropriately use such 
harmful names or nicknames, and these names or sym-
bols often become mascots and are used at athletic games 
for mascot characters, chants, and other antics; 
Whereas, although these school communities do not intend 
disrespect toward Native Americans, that is the end re-
sult of allowing these harmful terms to continue in edu-
cational institutions; 
Whereas there have been national sports teams that have rec-
ognized that their mascots were racist and harmful to 
Native American communities; 
Whereas there has been scientific research conducted to de-
termine the harmful effects of these ‘‘Native’’ sports 
mascots on our Native youth; 
Whereas multiple academic studies over the last few decades 
have found that American Indian and Alaska Native high 
school and college students had a consistent, negative re-
action to stereotypical mascots because these images and 
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•HRES 589 IH 
names remind Native youth of the limited ways in which 
others see them, which in turn restricts how they see 
themselves, and, importantly, the self-esteem of non-Na-
tive youths rose when presented with the same images; 
and 
Whereas the American Psychological Association has deter-
mined that these representations also undermine the abil-
ity of Native Nations and peoples to portray themselves 
accurately as distinct and diverse cultures, and that 
stereotypical images are a dominant culture’s prejudiced 
representations of a racial or ethnic minority group: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the House of Representatives condemns all 
racism and discrimination; 
(2) the Secretary of Education should work 
with Tribal Nations, Native American groups, public 
kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools, 
and other stakeholders, to immediately eliminate 
race-based Native logos, mascots, and names from 
State educational institutions across the United 
States, especially those receiving Federal funds; and 
(3) the House of Representatives calls for State 
educational institutions and national sports fran-
chises to cease the unsanctioned use of such race- 
based Native logos, mascots, and names in the effort 
to overcome these stereotypes and raise the self-es-
teem of Native students so they have the same op-
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