Oklahoma school officials tried to rip a Native American student's sacred eagle feather off her cap at her high school graduation last year, the teen alleges in a new lawsuit. In her lawsuit filed ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla.TULSA, Okla. — A Native American former student is suing an Oklahoma school district for the removal of an eagle feather from her graduation cap prior to her high school graduation ...

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 ...

(CNN) — A high school graduate is suing her former Oklahoma school district after she says school officials prevented her from wearing a sacred eagle plume on her graduation cap. At issue is an ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Graduating from high school was supposed to be a proud day for Lena Black, a Native American teen from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. But ...

May 18—WADESBORO — One of Anson's own expressed his struggle to graduate from university through his graduation cap design, earning himself bragging rights as he won East Carolina University's grad ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...