Clark Intermediate School in Clovis to remain as the Chieftains after tribal support

Clark Intermediate School in Clovis to remain as the Chieftains after tribal support

The Clovis Unified School District is not changing the school mascot at Clark Intermediate thanks to the help of the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians.

Clovis Unified Keeps 'Chieftain' Mascot After Mono Indian Tribe Gives 'OK'

Clark Intermediate School will retain its long-time mascot, “the Chieftain,” after the school district worked with the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians to get the depiction approved. California law requires all public schools from using Native American mascots unless it gets approval from a local, federally recognized tribe, according to a news release from the district. On Friday, the district’s governing board received authorization from N…

Clark gets authorization to keep Chieftains mascot

Clark Intermediate School will not have to get rid of the Chieftains mascot after all.  Clovis Unified School District announced Friday that the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians gave the district authorization to keep using the mascot.  The backstory: Last year Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3074 into law.  AB 3074, known as the California Racial Mascots Act, prohibits public schools from using the term Redskins and other names deem…