Indian student can't wear eagle feather to graduation
Friday, May 23, 2008
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Education
An Indian student in North Carolina has been told he can't wear an eagle feather during graduation.
Corey Bird, a senior at
Purnell Swett High School, was initially told he could wear the feather on his gown. But during a recent meeting, he said the policy changed.
Bird received the feather from his father, Samuel Bird. The family is Lumbee and Sisseton-Wahpeton.
The Birds are asking the
Lumbee Tribe to intervene. More than 10,000 Indian students are enrolled in Robeson County public schools, The Fayetteville Observer reported.
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Lumbee leaders asked to help student wear graduation feathers
(The Fayetteville Observer 5/23)
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