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The school's Indian mascot was dropped by a vote of the School District Board in February 2015. Citing the Golden State Warriors as an example, the school mascot became the Warriors in February 2016. The school always was the Warriors but would go by Indians.
- 1927
- Leslie Marley
- Warrior
- John Swett Unified
Apr 5, 2016 · CROCKETT, Calif. (KGO) -- An East Bay high school won't back down from its new mascot. In February, John Swett High School went from "The Indians" to "The Warriors," but not everyone is...
Feb 11, 2016 · The John Swett Unified School District board voted unanimously to discontinue the 90-year-old mascot Indians on Feb. 13, 2015, amid national debate about the use of Native American-based...
Feb 12, 2015 · Though several people spoke against the change at Wednesday night's meeting, the John Swett Unified School District Board decided that John Swett High School in Crockett would no longer use the...
Mar 31, 2016 · CROCKETT — The John Swett school district, which quelled long-standing criticism when it voted a year ago to drop the Indian mascot used by sports teams at its high school, is now seeing the...
Apr 3, 1998 · April 3, 1998. Crockett -- The Indian mascot will stay at John Swett High School despite an attempt by some students, teachers and school board members to change it.
Sep 30, 2021 · Sacred Sites Protection and Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSPRIT) along with AIM West, ACLU of Northern California, John Swett High School (JSHS) Alumni and Crockett Community Members formed the Carquinez Coalition to Change the Mascot in early 2014.
