Tulsa World public education reporter Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton talks to Editor Jason Collington about a lawsuit filed by an Oklahoma high school graduate that is making national news.
A citizen of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and of Osage descent, Lena’ Black graduated from Broken Arrow High School in May 2022.
Before the start of the commencement ceremony at Broken Arrow Memorial Stadium, she was stopped by two school district employees who attempted to physically remove an eagle feather plume from her mortarboard, calling it a “decoration.”
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March/April 2023 videos via Oklahoma Senate and House. Despite passing the state House and Senate by a combined margin of 135-1, a bill that would codify protections for Indigenous students wanting to wear tribal regalia at graduation was vetoed Monday evening by Gov. Kevin Stitt.
