The Anaheim High School mascot, the Colonist, has been the target of a small group of protestors who inaccurately claim the settlers of Anaheim abused the indigenous population and stole the land in 1867. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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The Anaheim High School mascot, the Colonist, has been the target of a small group of protestors who inaccurately claim the settlers of Anaheim abused the indigenous population and stole the land in 1867. Nothing could be further from the truth.