Two generations of the McAllister family have attended Columbia River High School, which uses a Native American mascot. Each family member has felt the negative impacts of the school’s inaccurate depiction of Native Americans. After the Washington D.C. professional football team recently agreed to scrap its racist name and mascot, the McAllisters hope that the high-profile decision could reignite a local conversation in Vancouver. We hear from Stacey Naswytee-McAllister and her two daughters on what it was like to attend Columbia River High School and see their culture being used as a mascot.
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