In Yuma, after state law forced end to Indian mascot, school still has no mascot images

By The Yuma Pioneer

The Yuma Outlaws don’t have a good image, at least not yet.

Yuma School District-1 is turning to the public to help come up with the proper imagery.

That was the direction the Y-1 Board of Education gave Superintendent Dianna Chrisman during its regular monthly meeting, Monday night at the District Office.

The issue of “Mascot Graphic Planning” came up toward the meeting’s end.

As most know, state legislation forced Yuma to drop “Indians” after nearly 80 years. The Yuma schools went without a mascot name for one school year. The community, through a tournament-type process, eventually selected “Outlaws” last September.

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