CEDAR CITY, Utah – She walked up a red carpet and crossed a stage to accept her diploma wearing an eagle feather beaded onto her cap that her mother had gifted her. Amryn Tom graduated this week from ...

Guest Opinion. Education has always been sacred to the Cherokee people. Investing in education was one of the first and highest priorities for Cherokee Nation after the Trail of Tears. Despite the ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – Outrage is brewing on social media after a Farmington High School graduate was told to remove her cap adorned with Native American beading and a feather. Video surfaced ...

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, ...

Eagle feathers are the highest honor bestowed upon an American Indian for individual acts they do to benefit the people. The feathers are sacred because the eagle is sacred. The eagle flies higher ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY (AP Education Writer) When Kamryn Yanchick graduated, she hoped to decorate her cap with a beaded pattern in honor of her Native ...

Native American students graduating from Great Falls College MSU will be honored at an Eagle Feather ceremony on Saturday, May 4, at 11 a.m. where they will be presented with an eagle feather. This ...

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — She walked up a red carpet and crossed a stage to accept her diploma wearing an eagle feather beaded onto her cap that her mother had gifted her. Amryn Tom graduated this week ...

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 ...