An eagle feather is an important part of Native American culture, and the school attempted to erase that by taking away the student's regalia. A high school has come under fire after a Native American ...

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 ...

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Nimkii Curley, a senior at Evanston Township High School, had been looking forward to graduation Sunday. And just as he was about to walk the stage, his plans were halted. He was ...

A student is suing her Oklahoma school district after educators allegedly damaged a sacred feather stuck in her graduation cap. Lena Black, who is Otoe-Missouria and Osage, filed the lawsuit Monday ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – Outrage is brewing on social media after a Farmington High School graduate was told to remove her cap adorned with Native American beading and a feather. Video surfaced ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A Lakota student’s traditional feather plume was cut off her graduation cap during her high school commencement ceremony this week in northwestern New Mexico. It was during the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “How disrespectful that was, in terms of those of us, and how we as native people look at an eagle plum. You know and what it ...

A group in Tulsa is beading graduation caps for high school students they don’t even know. It’s an outreach of Tulsa’s Indian Healthcare Resource Center, and a class to teach people the craft. “I’ve ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Native American man spoke out at a recent Rutherford County Board of Education meeting to allow his son to wear an eagle feather in his graduation cap. Stephen White Eagle ...

The Oklahoma Legislature on Thursday overrode Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of a bill that would allow students to wear Native American regalia during high school and college graduations. The state House ...