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 her no.
Yanchick settled for wearing beaded earrings to her 2018 graduation.
A bill vetoed earlier this month by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, would have allowed public school students to wear feathers, beaded caps, stoles or other objects of cultural and religious significance. Yanchick, a citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and descendent of the Muscogee Nation, said she hopes the legislature tries again.
Being able to “unapologetically express yourself and take pride in your culture at a celebration without having to ask a non-Native person for permission to do so is really significant,” said Yanchick, a Native American policy advocate and a former intern with the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma.
https://apnews.com/article/graduation-tribal-regalia-native-american-indigenous-20d39da7560747d845f3673a5675eff3
Kevin Stitt is a real coward, especially since he has claimed to be part Native American himself. I guess when it suits him...
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