With the help of the Native American Rights Fund, the ACLU of Mississippi, and the ACLU, Zuri Wilson was able to wear an eagle feather and receive a star quilt at graduation. Earlier this year, ...
Many school districts require students to undergo a lengthy process if they want to wear tribal or other cultural regalia at graduation. A new bill would eliminate those obstacles. This story was ...
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 ...
A new bill would stop schools from requiring pre-approval for cultural regalia. Assembly Bill 1369 would end school district requirements for pre-approval to wear cultural or tribal regalia at ...
DURANT, Okla. (KXII/Gray News) - An Oklahoma high schooler with Choctaw heritage is fighting against a school district policy after he was told he couldn’t wear tribal regalia in his senior yearbook ...
As graduation approaches, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and the Clark County School District find themselves back in court together. The ACLU and high school senior Corie Humphrey filed ...
PHOENIX — Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne praised Mesa Public Schools on Wednesday for reversing a policy that prohibited students from wearing military regalia during ...
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Eight years ago, California passed a law requiring high schools to allow students to wear eagle feathers, abalone ...
Eight years ago, California passed a law requiring high schools to allow students to wear eagle feathers, abalone necklaces and other regalia at graduations. But so many schools -- more than half, by ...