Intertribal Life Newspaper -

Whitesboro, a village of about 3,700 in central New York's Oneida County, recently unveiled a new official seal in efforts to respond to a charge of racism. The previous seal depicting a wrestling match between the community's founder and an Oneida Indian chief endured national scrutiny as it was interpreted as a white man strangling a Native American.

Prompted by an online campaign disparaging the original, three-fourths of those voting in 2016 were in favor of keeping the emblem. However, within weeks the town's leaders overrode the votes, citing voters who had contacted city leaders and ask...