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Pride of the west side of St Paul since 1889, the Humbolt Indians.
Humboldt's teams were formerly stylized as the "Indians". School officials spent months deciding whether to change the school's team name and mascot due to the continuing Native American mascot controversy.[47] In 1988, the school's Parent/Community Advisory Committee decided to keep the name after a 555 to 64 vote (90%).[48] The school then proceeded to add an Indian education curriculum.[49] There were several attempts to convince the Saint Paul School Board to keep the mascot.[50][51] In 1989, a committee of the school board asked that Humboldt change its logo after the State Board of Education requested all schools in Minnesota change their mascots. Local American Indians viewed the mascot as a "symbol of ethnic and community pride". A week later the school board required Humboldt to change its mascot.[52][53] The school hosted several rallies to try to save the mascot and held walk outs led by Native American students.[54][55] After the district asked the state Department of Education for assistance the state department deferred the decision to the district. The district then deferred the change to the community who voted to keep the mascot. The school board attempted to change the mascot again in 1992, when almost 88% of the school's Native American students voted to keep the name.[56] After four years the school board changed the school's name with the new logo, the Hawks, being used in the 1992–1993 school year.[57][58]
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