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Save the Napa High Indian Symbol

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Gin Gratton
9 years ago

120 years. We've been Napa High Indians for 120 years. Now who wants to change it? Someone new to the Valley and easily offended?

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Kim Bradd Brosseau
9 years ago

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Brandon Adams
9 years ago

Keep Napa High's mascot the way it is. I am Native American and I don't see anything wrong with it. In fact, it's a compliment. It's also a Napa tradition.

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Bill Kroplin
9 years ago

Vote against any school board member that supports removing the Mascot

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Caroline (Newman) Garcia
9 years ago

Leave the name alone. Seriously, we have more important things to worry about than all this politically correct BS...

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Sharon Cook
9 years ago

Class of 87!! Once an Indian always an Indian!!!

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Danial Mayne
9 years ago

Never felt anything but pride in the local heritage, even gave me the desire to research drives and traditions from other areas.

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Laurie Jobe
9 years ago

As a northern Pomo, i am not offended. Do not change the mascot.

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Sharon Green
9 years ago

Save our Indian, he has not done anything wrong.

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Doug Summers
9 years ago

My parents graduated from Napa High and I am a Class of 84. The Indian mascot has always been held by all I know with the greatest of respect and honor as we are Napa High Indians! Anyone who claims this mascot is disrespectful have no clue what they are talking about!!

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Stacy Iund
9 years ago

I am proud to have attended Napa High, and to be a Napa High Indian. Now Indians seem like mean and selfish people. You would think they would want people to be proud of Native Americans and have Indians as a mascot.

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Nick Palun
9 years ago

Stop the madness.

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Joanna Gibbello Thompson
9 years ago

Hoping this doesn't happen. Leave our Indian tradition alone.

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Barbra Hamzy
9 years ago

Keep the Indian mascot!

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Charlotte Merrill Trethewey
9 years ago Featured

I graduated 1966. My cousin Patrick McMann and my brother Ray Merrill broke diving records at Napa High. The old Indian head has special meaning going back 70 years. Please KEEP our Indian our mascot. Charlotte Merrill Trethewey Class of 1966

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Luke Batt
9 years ago

Class of 1999.

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Melisa Callison
9 years ago

Stop bending to so-called political correctness. I'm a kid of two Napa High graduated. Leave the Indian alone. What about Justin Braves? Redwood Warriors? Where does it stop. What will it be Napa High Grapevines?

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Anonymous
9 years ago

I am a 9th generation native Napan. Thus, my family has gone to Napa High since its inception and lived in the area WAAAAYYYY before then. I am a member of the Class of 1984. I believe the cost to change this FAR exceeds the value. Even the name Napa is an Indian word. Most of the Napa schools had great warriors as mascots (Indians, Warriors, Braves, Dons, Rebels). Do you plan to remove all of those to? (Yes, I know Ridgeview was closed in 1981). Even if they decide to change it, I will ALWAYS be a proud Napa INDIAN!

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George Horvath
9 years ago

The Indian was always treated with the most respect. It is a symbol of heritage of the proud Indian people

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Jeff Johnson
9 years ago

Our personal Johnson Family History beginning with my Dad, Ken Johnson, Napa High Indian football, basketball , baseball coach, teacher, asst. principal, dean of boys, our three boys , my brother and me.... are all Napa High Indians blue and gold...we were all taught from the earliest time, total respect and dignity of The Indian. We were highly honored in every way to be called Napa High School INDIANS and we carried all the traditions with us wherever we traveled.... When someone asked us who we represented , we all said Napa High School Indians