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, ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. — Farmington High School graduate Genesis White Bull had to take off her beaded and feathered cap and wear a plain one for her graduation ceremony. Video of the incident is going ...

Farmington High School officials confiscated Genesis White Bull’s beaded graduation cap as she and her classmates stood for the national anthem during their May 13 graduation, a move that sparked an ...

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 ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – Farmington Municipal Schools is now apologizing for an incident at a graduation ceremony earlier this week. During the Farmington High School graduation on Monday, two staff ...

The Farmington Police Department, Navajo Nation Police and New Mexico State Police on Saturday blocked traffic at Dustin Avenue and 20th Street as hundreds of people marched to show solidarity with a ...

THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE REMOVAL OF A TRIBAL REGALIA GRADUATION CAP IN FARMINGTON, SPARKING EFFORTS TO CHANGE THE STATE’S LAW. LAWMAKERS TELL ALYSSA MUNOZ IT’S UNFORTUNATE, BUT NECESSARY ...

Riverside Beading Club members Allison Grosskop and Emily McClure work on a cap as teachers gather after class to make beaded mortar boards for native students to wear for graduation.

PONTOTOC COUNTY, Okla. (KTEN) — Some seniors from Byng and other area schools will be wearing beaded graduation caps representing their tribal ancestors, heritage, and history as they walk across the ...

Every few years, it seems, a student is banned from participating in a school’s graduation ceremony – usually for something that would have made the ceremony more special, had it been allowed. Schools ...