Followed categories will be added to My News. The ultimate bragging rights will be up for grabs when the NRL’s team mascots go head to head in a 100-metre dash at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night.

But as the Chickasaw Nation member grew up and learned about his Indigenous roots, he came to see the school's mascot — a stereotypical Native American man wearing a headdress — as problematic.

But as the Chickasaw Nation member grew up and learned about his Indigenous roots, he came to see the school’s mascot — a stereotypical Native American man wearing a headdress — as problematic.

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Earlier this month, the Illinois House passed legislation — House Bill 1237 — that would phase out the use of Native American-based mascots and logos in our state ...

But as the Chickasaw Nation member grew up and learned about his Indigenous roots, he came to see the school’s mascot — a stereotypical Native American man wearing a headdress — as problematic.

It was the cherry on top to live on such a dog-friendly public campus, where I met plenty of four-legged friends, but it would have been so cool to attend a school with a live mascot like Dubs II.