WORCESTER – For Jean-Luc Pierite, the activism began in 2015 when a marching band wearing fake Native American headdresses was introduced during a televised parade in Washington, D.C.“They were called the Biloxi Indians because the mascot of the school was the Indians and they were from Biloxi,” Pierite recalled.Pierite, a member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, didn’t appreciate the homage.“They co-opted the identity of one of the […]
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