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, ...

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 ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. — Farmington High School graduate Genesis White Bull had to take off her beaded and feathered cap and wear a plain one for her graduation ceremony. Video of the incident is going ...

Farmington High School officials confiscated Genesis White Bull’s beaded graduation cap as she and her classmates stood for the national anthem during their May 13 graduation, a move that sparked an ...

GRAND FORKS – The Grand Forks Public Schools Native American Parent Committee voted Tuesday to formally ask district administration to consider allowing Indigenous students to wear traditional ...

GRAND FORKS — A group of parents are asking Grand Forks Public Schools to reconsider after they say district officials told Indigenous students they would not be allowed to wear traditional beadwork ...

Riverside Beading Club members Allison Grosskop and Emily McClure work on a cap as teachers gather after class to make beaded mortar boards for native students to wear for graduation.

During graduation season many, jokingly or grudgingly, recite the Robert Orben quote: &#8220A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in ...