Native American students will soon have the legal right to wear bird feathers and other culturally significant items at public high school graduations in North Carolina. The state Senate unanimously ...

North Carolina lawmakers could allow Native American students to wear culturally significant objects such as bird feathers and plumes during graduation ceremonies. The state House Federal Relations ...

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A Native American student who sued his California school district over its refusal to let him wear an eagle feather to his high school graduation will be able to wear the item after all. Rebecca ...

Steve Cadue, Kickapoo elder and past tribal chair, speaks during a ceremony for Native American Student Services graduates on May 17, 2023. In the first-ever ceremony of its kind for the Lawrence ...

MCALLEN — When Apache holy man Robert Soto performs at American Indian powwows, it is with some indignation: He's been left to dance with turkey feathers. The revered golden eagle feathers that once ...

Christian Titman, center, looks into the sun wearing a feather as he and his graduating class enter Clovis High’s Lamonica Stadium in June 2015 in Clovis, Calif. North Carolina lawmakers are requiring ...