This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Eight years ago, California passed a ...

‘Every student deserves to celebrate their academic achievements in a way that honors their identity and traditions,’ Lujan Graham says Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a high-profile bill that ...

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 ...

To wear tribal regalia is to reclaim Indigenous identity and honor ancestors who could not do the same. It’s graduation season, and students are getting ready to put on their caps and gowns to ...

DURANT, Okla. (KXII/Gray News) - An Oklahoma high schooler with Choctaw heritage is fighting against a school district policy after he was told he couldn’t wear tribal regalia in his senior yearbook ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Eight years ago, California passed a law requiring high schools to allow students to wear eagle feathers, abalone ...

Eight years ago, California passed a law requiring high schools to allow students to wear eagle feathers, abalone necklaces and other regalia at graduations. But so many schools -- more than half, by ...

But so many schools — more than half, by one estimation — have thrown up roadblocks to implementing the law that one lawmaker has brought the issue back to the Legislature. “It’s very disappointing ...