More Native students than ever before will graduate this year with regalia on their traditional caps and gowns as a growing number of states pass laws that allow beadwork, feathers, painting and ...

It’s graduation season, and students are getting ready to put on their caps and gowns to celebrate this rite of passage. For many Indigenous students, this milestone event cannot be fully realized ...

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 ...

His bill would make it explicitly legal for Native American students to wear regalia at school graduation ceremonies or events. A specific protection, he says, is needed after the Farmington incident.

Assembly Bill 1369 would end school district requirements for pre-approval to wear cultural or tribal regalia at graduation.

Showing up at graduation unsure of whether you'll be allowed to wear a cherished piece of regalia can be nerve-wracking and embarrassing, Native students have said. 'Proud to be Native' ...

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 ...

The bill would codify in state law, that Native American students in public schools can wear tribal regalia at graduation ceremonies or public school events.

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.

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.