Lawrence Journal-World

‘Something beautiful’: Lawrence Native American graduates receive eagle feathers in first-of-its-kind public school ceremony

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 ...
WUNC

Native American tribes across the U.S. attend graduation feather ceremony in North Carolina

Nearly 20 Native American Tribes across the country came to Cumberland County to celebrate the fifth annual feather ceremony for graduating high school seniors on Thursday. This year, students ...
Raleigh News & Observer

NC’s Native American students will be able to wear feathers at their graduations

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 ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Native American students could wear feathers at high school graduations if NC bill OK’d

Updated March 7 with House vote approving the bill. North Carolina lawmakers could allow Native American students to wear culturally significant objects such as bird feathers and plumes during ...
Charlotte Observer

NC’s Native American students will be able to wear feathers at their graduations

Native American students will 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 passed ...