Cecil Gray, foreground, holds his head in his hands as the public makes comments about retiring the Indian nickname during a school board meeting in Skowhegan on Thursday.
A supporters in keeping the Skowhegan Indian nickname yells at the school board at Skowhegan Middle School after a vote on a non-binding referendum in removing the nickname from the school on Thursday.
Mariah Stewart, left, walks past opponents of keeping the Skowhegan "Indians" nickname filing out of a school board meeting Thursday at Skowhegan Middle School.
Mariah Stewart holds a sign showing her position on retiring the Indian nickname during a school board meeting in Skowhegan on Thursday.
Morrigan Knox McLoed, far right, holds red cards and a red shirt Thursday in Skowhegan with other supporters of retiring the "Indians" nickname during a school board meeting.
Supporters of the "Indians" nickname wear black on the left, and those for removing it wear red on the right as wait Thursday for the beginning of the school board meeting on a proposed nonbinding referendum about whether to retire the name in Skowhegan.
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