KRQE Blogs

Farmington High School graduate told to remove Native American beaded graduation cap

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 ...
Yahoo

Native American student protests outside graduation after being banned from wearing traditionally decorated cap

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, ...
Rapid City Journal

Native students exercise right to wear regalia at graduation

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 ...
AZ Central

ACLU defends Native American student's right to wear beaded cap to graduation

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 ...
KRQE Blogs

Farmington Schools apologizes for taking student’s beaded graduation cap

FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – Farmington Municipal Schools is now apologizing for an incident at a graduation ceremony earlier this week. During the Farmington High School graduation on Monday, two staff ...