A small Alaska Native village is proud that its school sports team is known as the Aniak "Halfbreeds."

The teams were previously called the "Apostles." But in the 1970s, students voted to adopt the new name, along with a symbol of a Native man holding a spear next to a white man holding a rifle.

Most of the village's population is Yup'ik or Athabascan. Wayne Morgan, the school board president, says only a handful of people find it objectionable.

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Halfbreed nickname embraced by high school (AP 9/11)
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