Race-Based School Team Names Face Ban In Wisconsin : NPR: School team nicknames like the Chieftains and Braves may soon be a thing of the past in Wisconsin, where a new law allows the state to ban race-based mascots and logos. If a complaint is upheld, school districts face fines of up to $1,000 a day.The day Wisconsin's new sports-mascot law took effect, Oneida tribal member Carol Gunderson and her husband, Harvey, drove three hours to the state capital, Madison, to file their complaint in person.
The reason, Carol Gunderson says, is 'because it's the first law in the whole United States that addresses this issue. We didn't want it to get lost in the mail.'
