The University of New Mexico might change its seal and two minority groups are in disagreement on the issue.

FOX News reports.

Latino students at N.M. University upset over possible revision of Spanish seal

New Mexico’s largest university is considering revising its half-century old seal amid concerns by Native American students who say it represents the frontier’s violent era.

Unlike other moves to change logos and names of buildings, the effort to drop the seal is drawing resistance from another minority groups — Hispanics.

Native American student groups want the University of New Mexico to scrap the seal that depicts a rifle-toting frontiersman and a sword-carrying Spanish conquistador.

Ralph Arellanes, chair of the Hispano Round Table of New Mexico, said he favors a change but removing the conquistador would be unacceptable since it represents the state’s Hispanic heritage.

The debate is pitting some community members against each other as university officials try to recruit more Latino and Native American students to attend the campus.

For months, the Native American students groups Kiva Club and Red Nation have been pressuring the university to drop the seal.

Nick Estes, an American Studies doctoral student and a member of Red Nation, said its images are a “celebration of conquest and colonialism” and have no place on a modern campus.

“This is not about revising the seal. It’s about getting the seal abolished,” Estes said. “It’s racist.”