The Ripon Unified School District has a solution for Ripon High, which must drop its “Indians” mascot, according to a California law that went into effect July 1.
Assembly Bill 3047, the California Racial Mascots Act, was passed in 2024 and mandates that all California public schools not operated by tribal organizations cannot use “any derogatory Native American term” as its school or athletic team mascot.
Ripon Unified School District Superintendent Rusty Clark told The Bee on Friday afternoon that the school district is in contact with “a couple” of local tribes, seeking permission to keep the Indians nickname…