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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TUCSON (KVOA) - A Tucson Native American family is seeking answers and demanding change after their son's eagle feather was temporarily confiscated by a school official before graduation. Jeffrey Sisk ...

Anabah first wore the graduation cap during a senior walkthrough of Elgin schools. The next day, she found out it wouldn’t be allowed for the actual commencement. “There are a lot of Native Americans ...

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 ...

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 ...