"The SYCSD school board stands as a role model and blueprint for other communities fighting for their Native names and imagery," the North Dakota-basedNative American Guardians Association (NAGA) said in a statement
Five of the newcomers were elected in November after the sudden removal of the popular image in 2021 — and an effort to rewrite the region’s Native American history — spurred community anger and action.
"This movement was about erasing Native American culture and I wasn’t about to stand for it," Jennifer Henkel, a mother of three children and one of the new school board members