Waubonsie Valley High School officials have unveiled a new crest aimed at better representing the Native American heritage of the area at a school named for a former Potawatomi leader.
Last year, the school unveiled a 46- by 14-foot mural that features portraits of Chief Waubonsie based on one of two known drawings of him.
“I’d be naive to say that having a character of a Native American as a crest isn’t troublesome nowadays or viewed as inappropriate by a lot of society’s standards,” Stipp said. “We wanted to have conversations around that.” The change in the crest comes as the school prepares for its 50th anniversary on Sept. 1, 2025. Stipp said officials want to have new imagery in place so they are prepared during any renovation work at the school that may involve replacing the former crest, which can still be seen for the time being in the school’s tiles.
The new crest features a drawing of the sun breaking in honor of the name “Wa-BaN,” meaning “day break,” school officials said. It also features prairie grass, symbolic of the Midwest and incorporated in the naming of the Indian Prairie School District, and flames referring to the Potawatomi Native Tribe members being known as “keepers of the fire.”
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