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	A new state ban on Native American school team names, mascots and imagery could affect a popular Massapequa mural voted on and designed by students every three&nbsp;years. Until recently&nbsp;the mural displayed&nbsp;&quot;Once a Chief ... Always a Chief.&quot;&nbsp;NewsdayTV&#39;s Meredith Garofalo reports.
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Popular mural will probably not reference Massapequa Chiefs due to state ban on Native American names, mascots, imagery

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'I think it's meant in a good way, not a derogatory way'

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