PONTOTOC COUNTY, Okla. (KTEN) — Some seniors from Byng and other area schools will be wearing beaded graduation caps representing their tribal ancestors, heritage, and history as they walk across the ...

New Mexico (KOAT) — The removal of tribal regalia graduation cap in Farmington sparked efforts to change the state’s law. Last May, Farmington High School officials removed a graduate’s cap because it ...

A school official at Farmington High School speaks with graduate Genesis White Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, before taking away her personalized graduation cap and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Anabah first wore the graduation cap during ...

SURE SOMETHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. THIS IS ACTUALLY A LONG LEGACY OF HOW OUR NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE TREATED IN OUR EDUCATIONAL STATE SYSTEM. THE NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL DEMANDING CHANGE. WHAT ...

OLYMPIA – Native American students would be able to wear tribal regalia and items of cultural significance at their graduation ceremonies under two bills moving through the Legislature. Some school ...

A quick search of “graduation caps” on Pinterest brings thousands of different design ideas. Decorating graduation caps is a tradition that many graduating seniors partake in every year. Picking the ...

High schoolers in California have the right to honor their community and culture by wearing cultural or tribal regalia during graduation ceremonies. It’s a right codified by Assembly Bill 1248, which ...

Tigran Andrew walked onstage last year wearing a sealskin cap with his school-issued green gown at the Service High School graduation in Anchorage. His mother, Jacqueline Morris, had the cap made for ...

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 ...

The removal of tribal regalia graduation cap in Farmington sparked efforts to change the state's law. Last May, Farmington High School officials removed a graduate's cap because it had tribal beads ...