A school official at Farmington High School speaks with graduate Genesis White Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, before taking away her personalized graduation cap and ...
High school graduation is usually a joyous, celebratory moment for students and their families. Yet, for some Indigenous students, it has become a time of stress over what students are allowed to wear ...
GRAND FORKS — A group of parents are asking Grand Forks Public Schools to reconsider after they say district officials told Indigenous students they would not be allowed to wear traditional beadwork ...
Farmington High School officials confiscated Genesis White Bull’s beaded graduation cap as she and her classmates stood for the national anthem during their May 13 graduation, a move that sparked an ...
Indigenous parents are asking Grand Forks Public Schools to allow beadwork on graduation caps. Students wore them before, but now the district says it's against policy. Grand Forks students can wear ...
A few hours before Young Women's Leadership Academy student Kayla Price was set to graduate, school officials told her she had a to take an eagle feather off of her graduation cap. But Price, who is ...
(WXMI) — A cap and gown are the traditional garb on Graduation Day, and sometimes these outfits are accessorized. Think special cords, honor stoles, and even a decorated cap. Now in Michigan, a new ...
Editor’s note: This version has been updated to reflect the public comments of the Broken Arrow School District, which were not included in the original story. This spring, Zuri Jaspré Wilson walked ...
Graduation from high school is a pivotal, once-in-a-lifetime achievement. Many Indigenous students cannot fully celebrate this achievement, from both a spiritual and cultural perspective, unless they ...
“I hadn’t felt that powerful before that moment, standing up with my diploma, with my Native cap on and then shaking my principal’s hand.” These are the words of Emalyce Kee, a Navajo and Rosebud ...
A school official at Farmington High School speaks with graduate Genesis White Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, before taking away her personalized graduation cap and ...