Members of 4 Maine tribes to meet with Skowhegan school officials over use of "Indians"

SKOWHEGAN, Maine — Representatives of four Maine Indian tribes will meet with members of the Skowhegan school board to try to persuade them to drop "Indians" as the town's high school team name.

Members of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet and Micmac tribes are scheduled to meet with a school board subcommittee on Monday at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria at the Skowhegan Area Middle School.

The Morning Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/1FMTp04 ) that supporters of keeping the team name will hold a silent protest outside the school at 5:15 p.m.

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