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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. “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 ...

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 ...