UPDATE: OKEMOS - In 2003, the State of Michigan Board of Education decided that it would be at the discretion of schools in across Michigan if they wanted to remove a logo of a Native American or to keep it.
As a result of this ruling the Okemos School Board started the process of phasing out the chieftain logo.

It wasn't until a recent letter went home to parents explaining that the School Board would be removing all apparel from the high school that parents and students started to speak out.

Nancy Kelsey who is an editor in Detroit recently traced back her genealogy she found out that she is related to Chief Okemos as his daughter married Kelsey´s great-great-great grandfather.

Although the use of the Chieftain logo can be seen as offensive to the Native American community, Kelsey said, "We are not losing sleep over the matter as the Native American population has bigger issues at hand."

The Okemos School Board stated at their December 12th meeting, that they would open this matter up for discussion and that students could continue to wear the apparel with the Chieftain logo for the time being.

Stay with HOMTV as we will continue to cover this story as new information becomes available.

ORIGINAL STORY: OKEMOS - A hot debate in Okemos on whether or not the chieftain logo should be removed has students and their parents speaking out. Watch Meridian Magazine on Monday Dec 19th on HOMTV