Tag: Religious Freedom
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Via IndianCountryToday.com: Houska: Native American Hair is a Religious Right
An excerpt: Graduation season. Lately my newsfeed has been a steady stream of smiling Native graduates, clad in beaded mortarboards, eagle feathers, and the beautiful adornments of their cultures. But with the season has also come a litany of stories involving students fighting their schools and administrators for the right to wear the sacred objects…
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Via ACLUNC.org: Native American Student Challenges Ban on Ceremonial Feathers During Graduation
FRESNO—Today a Native American graduating senior at Clovis High School filed a notice of intent to file an emergency lawsuit to challenge the school district’s refusal to allow him to wear and display a small eagle feather during the graduation ceremony on Thursday, June 4. The student will only be able to wear the eagle…