Schools Displaying Racial Mascots
WISCONSIN

LIST OF SCHOOLS UTILIZING RACIAL MASCOTS

(Submitted by: Barb Munson...thanks...Ish)

 
  • Arrowhead High School

    • Warhawks
    Hartland, WI
     
  • Auburndale High School

    • Apaches** changed to the "A's"
    Auburndale, WI
     
  • Belmont Junior/Senior High School

    • Braves
    Belmont, WI
     
  • Berlin High School

    • Indians
    Berlin, WI
     
  • Big Foot High School

    • Chiefs
    Walworth, WI
     
  • Black Hawk High School

    • Warriors
    South Wayne, WI
     
  • Bruce High School Red

    • Raiders
    Bruce, WI
     
  • Cornell High School

    • Chiefs
    Cornell, WI
     
  • Elmwood High School

    • Raiders
    Elmwood, WI
     
  • Fort Atkinson High School

    • Blackhawks
    Fort Atkinson, WI
     
  • Gale-Ettrick-Trempeleau High School

    • Redmen
    Galesville, WI
     

    • Grafton High School
    Blackhawks
    Grafton, WI
    {changed to bird in the 90s}
     
  • Greenwood High School

    • Indians
    Greenwood, WI
     
  • Kewaskum High School

    • Indians
    Kewaskum, WI
  • Kewaunee High School

    • Indians
    Kewaunee, WI
     
  • Lake Holcombe High School

    • Chieftains
    Lake Holcombe, WI
     
  • Medford High School

    • Red Raiders
    Medford, WI
    Current discrimination complaint being decided by the Department of Public Instruction.  Complainant dropped out of school in his senior year because of logo dispute.
     
  • Menomonee Falls High School

    • Indians
    Menomonee Falls, WI
     
  • Menomonee High School

    • Indians
    Menomonee, WI
    Current logo dispute, Student Council requested change to the Mustangs in 1996.  School Board recall of three members who supported the Student Council.  Current Student Council still seeking change.
     
  • Milton High School

    • Redmen
    Milton, WI
    Logo discrimination complaint filed in 1991, complainant forced out of community. ***Eliminated
     
  • Mishicot High School

    • Indians
    Mishicot, WI
     
  • Mosinee High School

    • Indians
    Mosinee, WI
    Discrimination complaint filed in 1994.  DPI ruled in 1996 that a plains Indian logo is not per se offensive.  Appeals folowed through 1998.  Complainant is current chair of WIEA "Indian" Mascot and Logo Taskforce and will continue until all "Indian" mascots and logos are removed from all Wisconsin Public Schools.
     
  • Mukwonago High School

    • Indians
    Mukwonago, WI
    Discrimination complaint filed in 1994.  DPI ruled against Junior High School logo and that the High School logo, a plains Indian warrior in feathered headdress was not per se offensive in 1995.  Complainant and family forced out of town.
     
     
  • Muskego High School

    • Warriors
    Muskego, WI
     
  • Osceola High School

    • Chieftains
    Osceola, WI
     
  • Oshkosh High School

    • Indians
    Oshkosh, WI
     
  • Osseo-Fairchild High School

    • Chieftains
    Osseo, WI
  • Ozaukee High School

    • Warriors
    Fredonia, WI
     
  • Portage High School

    • Warriors
    Portage, WI
     
  • Potosi High School

    • Chieftains
    Potosi, WI
     
  • Poynette High School

    • Indians
    Poynette, WI
     
  • Prairie du Chien High School

    • Blackhawks
    Prairie du Chien, WI
     
  • Rib Lake High School

    • Redman
    Rib Lake, WI
     
  • Riverdale High School

    • Chieftains
    Muscoda, WI
     
  • Seneca High School

    • Indians
    Seneca, WI
     
  • Shiocton High School

    • Chiefs
    Shiocton, WI
     
  • Stockbridge High School

    • Indians
    Stockbridge, WI
     
  • Tomah High School

    • Indians
    Tomah, WI
     
  • Tomahawk High School

    • Hatchets
    Tomahawk, WI
     
  • Viroqua High School

    • Blackhawks
    Viroqua, WI
     
  • Waunakee High School

    • Warriors
    Waunakee, WI
     
  • Waupun High School

    • Warriors
    Waupun, WI
     
  • Wauwatosa East High School Red

    • Raiders
    Wauwatosa, WI
     
  • Weyauwega-Fremont High School

    • Indians
    Weyauwega, WI
     
  • Winter High School

    • Warriors
    Winter, WI
     
  • Wisconsin Dells High School

    • Chiefs
    Wisconsin Dells, WI
     
  • Wisconsin Rapids High School

    • Red Raiders
    Wisconsin Rapids, WI
     
  • Wonewoc-Center High School

    • Indians
    Wonewoc, WI
     
  • This looks like 48, but with a number ofBlackhawks(the Indian Chief, not a bird), Warriors and Flying Arrows which are clearly "Indian" references the toal is 54.  Since 1989, twenty-one public High Schools have changed their "Indian" mascots and logos in a spirit of respect for Wisconsin Indian people.
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