WYANDOTTE, Mich. (AP) — Members of the Wyandotte Marching Chiefs high school band plan to perform in the inaugural parade in Washington, but they won't be known by the name they've had since the 1950s.

The Detroit Free Press reports Thursday that the band from Roosevelt High School will perform as the Roosevelt High School Marching Band. Patches will be sewn over logos on band uniform sleeves and the band's Marching Chiefs banner won't be carried.

The decision was in response to a letter from a group that opposes the use of American Indian nicknames and logos.

The band's director Mark D'Angelo says the suburban Detroit school didn't want to bring negative publicity.

The parade from the Capitol to the White House follows President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration Jan. 20.