Eight years ago, California passed a law requiring high schools to allow students to wear eagle feathers, abalone necklaces and other regalia at graduations. But so many schools — more than half, by ...

To wear tribal regalia is to reclaim Indigenous identity and honor ancestors who could not do the same. It’s graduation season, and students are getting ready to put on their caps and gowns to ...

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 ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A bill protecting Indigenous students’ right to wear tribal regalia is heading to the governor’s desk. Native American students in New Mexico are one step closer to freely ...

A new bill would stop schools from requiring pre-approval for cultural regalia. Assembly Bill 1369 would end school district requirements for pre-approval to wear cultural or tribal regalia at ...

As graduation approaches, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and the Clark County School District find themselves back in court together. The ACLU and high school senior Corie Humphrey filed ...

Many school districts require students to undergo a lengthy process if they want to wear tribal or other cultural regalia at graduation. A new bill would eliminate those obstacles. This story was ...