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Local high schooler defends her right to wear Indigenous beaded cap at graduation

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (KCAU) — As graduation approaches, many high schoolers struggle with “senioritis,” a noticeable drop in motivation caused by stress and burnout, but not South Sioux City High ...
Yahoo

Navajo leaders outraged after an Indigenous student’s tribal regalia was removed at graduation

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A school official at Farmington High School speaks with graduate Genesis White Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota of the Standing Rock Sioux ...
Winnipeg Free Press

Indigenous women celebrated at graduation gala

Victoria McIntosh clutches the graduation cap her daughter beaded for her, and the jacket she wore on the first day she attended residential school. *Billed as $5.77 plus GST every four weeks. After ...
The Fresno Bee

Indigenous Clovis, Hanford students were blocked, at first, from wearing traditional regalia

High school graduation is usually a joyous, celebratory moment for students and their families. Yet, for some Indigenous students, it has become a time of stress over what students are allowed to wear ...
AZ Central

New Mexico school confiscates a Native student's beaded graduation cap, sparking protests

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 ...
WGHP

North Carolina bills aim to protect cultural regalia worn by American Indians in graduation

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — State leaders are looking to protect the rights of American Indian graduates to wear feathers, beads, and anything culturally-significant to high school graduations. House Bill ...