A Native American student was told she couldn't walk at graduation due to her bead-decorated cap, which her father spent a week hand-threading. The beads, an important aspect of her heritage, ...
FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – Farmington Municipal Schools is now apologizing for an incident at a graduation ceremony earlier this week. During the Farmington High School graduation on Monday, two staff ...
FARMINGTON, N.M. — Farmington High School graduate Genesis White Bull had to take off her beaded and feathered cap and wear a plain one for her graduation ceremony. Video of the incident is going ...
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 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 ...
Emalyce Kee, who is Diné (Navajo) and Rosebud Sioux, still does not understand why she wasn’t allowed to wear a beaded graduation cap with an eagle plume from Cedar City High in 2021. The beaded art ...
CEDAR CITY, Utah – She walked up a red carpet and crossed a stage to accept her diploma wearing an eagle feather beaded onto her cap that her mother had gifted her. Amryn Tom graduated this week from ...
The Arizona arm of the American Civil Liberties Union says a Phoenix-area high school senior should be able to wear beads and feathers on her graduation cap and gown based on the state's religious ...
Several Billings high schoolers went to Helena to testify in favor of a bill that would allow them to wear culturally significant objects, like beaded graduation caps. Apparently they made an ...
On Monday, May 29, Neomi Haase Costilla proudly watched her son walk across the stage at his graduation from Roosevelt High School. However, there was one thing noticeably missing from the auspicious ...
Emalyce Kee, a Navajo and Rosebud Sioux, holds her 2021 beaded graduation cap Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in Cedar City, Utah. Kee was told last year at Cedar City High School that she couldn't wear ...