Harold Bigelow speaks in favor of keeping the use of the word Indian for SAD 54 sports teams. Bigelow and others spoke during a forum in Skowhegan on Monday.

Phil Goodell Jr., center, speaks to the SAD 54 school board and administrators during a forum on the use of the word Indian for school sports team in Skowhegan on Monday.

Mark Roman holds a sign in against using the term Indian for SAD 54 sports teams during a forum in Skowhegan on Monday. At far left is former chief of the Penobscot tribe Barry Dana, of Solon.

Nicole Carter, left, speaks in support of the continued use of the word Indian as SAD 54 sports mascot as Bailey Keister holds a sign of Skowhegan area businesses that also support the term’s use during a forum in Skowhegan on Monday.