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Commission To Rule If Neshaminy School District Can Continue To Call Sports Teams 'Redskins'

LANGHORNE, Pa. (CBS/AP) -- Bucks County's Neshaminy School District could learn soon if it can continue to call its sports teams the "Redskins." The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission originally received a complaint about the name back in 2013.

The commission says the district wouldn't use a nickname based on any other racial group, so they shouldn't use "Redskins" either.

The school says students aren't offended and the nickname has been used for more than 60 years.

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