{"id":272554,"date":"2023-05-24T09:48:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=272554"},"modified":"2023-05-24T13:10:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T18:10:18","slug":"federal-complaint-filed-over-racist-taunts-at-local-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=272554","title":{"rendered":"Federal Complaint Filed Over Racist Taunts at Local Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BISMARCK, N.D. (KXnews) \u2014 The parents of two Native American players on Bismarck High School\u2019s basketball team are seeking a federal investigation into racist taunts their sons endured during a game in January against Jamestown. Disciplinary action taken after discriminatory behavior at basketball game<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous CSiNewsNow story<\/a> – JPS Investigates Student Jeers at JHS Bball Game<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parents of Andre Austin and Teysean Eaglestaff filed a discrimination complaint earlier this month with the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights seeking the investigation into an incident during a game between Bismarck High School and Jamestown High School on Jan. 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monkey noises and war whooping could be heard coming from the Jamestown student section during the game when the Native American Bismarck players handled the ball, the Bismarck Tribune reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin is a member of the Standing Rock Sioux and Eaglestaff is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Purdon, an attorney for the parents, Savannah Alkire and Quinn Austin, and Kate and Lance Eaglestaff, said the families are seeking accountability from the Jamestown School District and a meeting with the North Dakota High School Activities Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamestown District Superintendent Robert Lech declined to comment because the district has not received the complaint, the Tribune reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe superintendent\u2019s decision is part of what we\u2019re asking to be investigated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parents also are seeking a meeting with the North Dakota High School Activities Association to discuss a proposed zero-tolerance policy and permanent representation of reservation-based school districts on the association board. The families have not been contacted by the association, Purdon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NDHSAA spokesman Tom Mix said Monday association officials were not available for comment. Mix and Lech did not immediately return messages seeking comment on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the January game, the high school sports association created a Sportsmanship and Citizenship Committee \u201cto help promote positive behaviors at NDHSAA events and competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Tribes of North Dakota, which represents all five tribal nations in the state, passed a resolution in February calling for a zero-tolerance policy that would include training, \u201cclearly defined rules and regulations,\u201d \u201csevere\u201d punishments for such incidents, and \u201cproactive measures\u201d to help prevent acts of racism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BISMARCK, N.D. (KXnews) \u2014 The parents of two Native American players on Bismarck High School\u2019s basketball team are seeking a federal investigation into racist taunts their sons endured during a game in January against Jamestown. Disciplinary action taken after discriminatory behavior at basketball game Previous CSiNewsNow story – JPS Investigates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":272555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=272554"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272589,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272554\/revisions\/272589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/272555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=272554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=272554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=272554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}