The UNCP board of trustees approved a report Thursday that explains the logo, which depicts an Indian with a hawk on his shoulder, and the Braves nickname. The school's students, who are more than ...

In North Carolina, 34 public schools have American Indian logos or mascots ... chair of the American Indian Studies department at UNC-Pembroke, about the effort to ban Native mascots.

UNC-Pembroke's nickname is the "Braves." Its logo is an American Indian with a redtail hawk. "We were founded as a Native American school in 1887," said Angela Weston, of the UNC-Pembroke ...