A high school in Medicine Hat has decided to drop its sports teams’ moniker because they were offensive to Indigenous people..For decades, the sports teams at the Medicine Hat high school have been called the Mohawks for boys and Kwahommies for girls..But Thursday, school officials announced they were dropping the name after years of complaints..Principal Boris Grisonich announced the name-change to students who were gathering back this week for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down Alberta schools.. Defying crackdown, hundreds march against lockdowns in Calgary .Discussions about the name change have been going on for at least five years..A student-led petition drew more than 1,400 names in protest of the nickname in 2015 but petitions were also set up by alumni who wanted to keep the name..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
