Native America Calling

Thursday, May 8, 2025 – Graduation ceremonies are a battleground over regalia


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New Mexico is the latest of more than 20 states to formally recognize Native American students’ right to express their cultural heritage at graduation ceremonies. Those expressions are typically in the form of eagle feathers, beadwork, moccasins, or other traditional dress worn during the ceremony with gowns and mortarboard caps. But many Native students elsewhere continue to face resistance from school boards and administrators. One Wyoming school principal told a student if he "let one minority do it, then I’d have to let the rest." We’ll recognize this year’s graduating seniors and get up to speed on the ongoing fight over ceremonial regalia.
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