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Hace 2 días · After footage of White Bull’s graduation experience spread on social media, it sparked an outpouring of support from Indigenous people and communities across the country. Navajo Nation leaders have voiced their support for White Bull and called for schools to support an Indigenous student’s right to wear regalia during their graduation ceremonies, saying denying it is a violation of their ...
Hace 1 día · Brenda White Bull, the student’s mother, approached the faculty members after they removed her daughter’s cap, asking if she could remove the plume herself. The faculty members used scissors ...
Hace 5 horas · Brenda White Bull, Genesis’ mother, shared the experience with the Navajo Nation Council and reported that school officials later cut the plume from her daughter’s cap using scissors.
Hace 4 días · Genesis White Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, was sitting at the Farmington High School graduation ceremony with her graduating class on Monday, when two school faculty ...
Hace 2 días · FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A Lakota student's traditional feather plume was cut off her graduation cap during her high school commencement ceremony this week in northwestern New Mexico. It was during the national anthem Monday night when Farmington High School faculty members approached the student, Genesis White Bull, and confiscated her cap ...
Hace 2 días · According to White Bull, 17-year-old Genesis White Bull’s cap was adorned with tribal beads and cultural significance of the Hunkpapa Lakota, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North and South Dakota ...
Hace 4 días · Farmington Municipal Schools and Farmington High School have not reached out to the White Bull family, Brenda White Bull said. The district also declined an interview request from the Tri-City Record with Superintendent Cody Diehl and the multicultural department.. On Thursday, May 16, Farmington Municipal Schools issued a statement to families and staff members about the incident claiming the ...
