A Native American student was told she couldn't walk at graduation due to her bead-decorated cap, which her father spent a week hand-threading. The beads, an important aspect of her heritage, ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. — A Native American girl was prevented from walking during her high school graduation ceremony Thursday because she was wearing a mortarboard adorned with a traditional feather and ...

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — She walked up a red carpet and crossed a stage to accept her diploma wearing an eagle feather beaded onto her cap that her mother had gifted her. Amryn Tom graduated this week ...

The Arizona arm of the American Civil Liberties Union says a Phoenix-area high school senior should be able to wear beads and feathers on her graduation cap and gown based on the state's religious ...

Emalyce Kee, who is Diné (Navajo) and Rosebud Sioux, still does not understand why she wasn’t allowed to wear a beaded graduation cap with an eagle plume from Cedar City High in 2021. The beaded art ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. — Farmington High School graduate Genesis White Bull had to take off her beaded and feathered cap and wear a plain one for her graduation ceremony. Video of the incident is going ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (WFLA/KNXV) – One Arizona high school student is standing up for her Native American heritage. She decorated her graduation cap with beads that are important to her heritage. However, ...

Emalyce Kee, a Navajo and Rosebud Sioux, holds her 2021 beaded graduation cap Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in Cedar City, Utah. Kee was told last year at Cedar City High School that she couldn't wear ...