Smithsonian Magazine

Native American Women Warriors Protect Culture, Community and the Future

For many, this coexistence of American patriotism and Indigenous pride may seem contradictory Naomi Skiles Members of the Native American Women Warriors, the nation’s first all-women Native American ...
Yahoo

Students could legally wear Native American regalia at graduation with proposed bill

“How disrespectful that was, in terms of those of us, and how we as native people look at an eagle plum. You know and what it represents,” said Senator Benny Shendo, (D- Jemez Pueblo). It’s a video ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

At graduations, Native American students seek acceptance of tribal regalia

When Kamryn Yanchick graduated, she hoped to decorate her cap with a beaded pattern in honor of her Native American heritage. Whether she could was up to her Oklahoma high school. Administrators told ...
The Durango Herald

Governor signs bill to protect Native students’ rights to wear tribal regalia

‘Every student deserves to celebrate their academic achievements in a way that honors their identity and traditions,’ Lujan Graham says Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a high-profile bill that ...
The Fresno Bee

Native American student says she can’t wear regalia at Clovis graduation because it’s a ‘distraction’

Students leave Clovis High School at the end of the school day, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 in Clovis. A student who wishes to wear Native American regalia is facing pushback from the school. ERIC PAUL ...

Students could legally wear Native American regalia at graduation with proposed bill

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – It drew outrage in May when a Farmington High School grad was told to remove a graduation cap adorned with Native American beads. Now, some state senators are pushing a new law ...