Dj. Trainor, NATIVE-AMERICAN MASCOTS, SCHOOLS, AND THE TITLE-VI HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS, University of Illinois law review, (4), 1995, pp. 971-1001
The use of Native American athletic mascots on school campuses has bee
n the focus of increasing controversy and protest. In response, the U.
S. Department of Education has begun investigating whether schools' us
e of Native American mascots violates the civil rights of Native Ameri
can students by creating a hostile environment. This note examines whe
ther the Department of Education can correctly apply the hostile envir
onment analysis to complaints over the use of Native American mascots
arising within the educational setting. The note concludes that while
the hostile-environment analysis is applicable in the primary school s
etting, it is inapplicable in the college and university setting.