Rename W.H. Harrison High School in West Lafayette, IN

02/09/2026

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11/08/2022

The incredibly talented and insightful author of our petition to Rename W.H. Harrison High School was interviewed by VICE this week about Doug Mastriano's Christian Nationalist campaign for Pennsylvania governor.

Brock Bahler, a professor in the Religious Studies Department at the University of Pittsburgh, makes his appearance at the 7 minute mark: https://video.vice.com/.../thurs.../635c3780f830475784337a83

10/18/2022

10/10/2022

On this , please SIGN & SHARE our petition to remove the honor to a genocidal general by renaming this hometown high school.
https://www.change.org/RenameHarrisonHighSchool

America has a long legacy of revisionist history, whereby the respectable achievements of America’s leaders and Founders are highlighted, while their numerous atrocities are repeatedly eliminated or minimized from the history books in order to put them in the best possible light. As filmmaker Ken Burns has recently said, “Our monuments … are representations of myth, not fact, and as we consider what role monuments play in our culture, it’s the history, not the mythology, that we must remember.”

Rename W​.​H. Harrison High School; Remove 'The Raider' mascot in Greater Lafayette, IN

10/07/2022

Black officers who fought segregation and discrimination 77 years ago in the U.S. Army Air Forces at an Indiana military base will be honored this week in Seymour.

In 1945, more than 100 Black officers were arrested after refusing to sign a regulation barring them from entering a whites-only officer's clubs and facilities at Freeman Field near Seymour. This came after dozens of Black officers attempted to enter the white officers clubs in protest.

Black officers who fought discrimination 77 years ago in the U.S. Army at an Indiana military facility will be honored this week in Seymour.

08/25/2022

Structural racism plays a large role in determining the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and affects people’s access to quality housing, education, food, transportation, political power, and other social determinants of health. Understanding and addressing systemic racism from this public health perspective is crucial to eliminating racial and ethnic inequities, and to improving opportunity and well-being across communities. Our Human Relations Commission investigates complaints of discrimination in the City of Lafayette and encourages respect and understanding of all individuals and groups. Questions? See http://lafayette.in.gov/611/Human-Relations-Commission

06/28/2022

What a wonderful name.
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"We felt it was time to change our name to what we collectively call ourselves: "Haudenosaunee" (ho-dee-no-show-nee) which translates to "People of the Longhouse." This name change is one of a series of actions we are taking as our people continue to regain what has been lost through colonialism."

The name "Iroquois" is a French variant on a term for "snake" given to us by the Huron. It is actually a derogatory term. As many of our people lost our language through forced assimilation via government policies and residential boarding schools, the English name "Iroquois" stuck. Many researchers over the years have used the term "Iroquois" when writing about us. So when we formed a National Lacrosse Team back in 1983, we used the name "Iroquois Nationals" since that is what most people knew us by. For 39 years we have referred to our team as the "Iroquois Nationals."

However, as our people have begun to revitalize our languages and culture, we felt it was time to change our name to what we collectively call ourselves: "Haudenosaunee" (ho-dee-no-show-nee) which translates to "People of the Longhouse." This name change is one of a series of actions we are taking as our people continue to regain what has been lost through colonialism.

Thus, we are now called the Haudenosaunee Nationals and have begun the process of changing all touchpoints affected by our name change, including our website, social media accounts, jerseys, business cards, etc. There are a number of places, items, and products that are affected by this and it will take time to get all of them changed. In the mean time, we say "Niawen " for your patience and support through this effort!

06/22/2022