Spirits soar at Native American graduation (The Salem Statesman Journal 6/2)
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Indian students earn eagle feather and blanket at ceremony
Posted: Thursday, June 2, 2011
Indian students from the Salem-Keizer School District in Oregon received an eagle feather and a Pendleton stole at a special graduation ceremony.
About two dozen students participated. They represented the Siletz, Nez Perce, Sioux, Choctaw, Inuit and other tribes.
Organizer Shelby Olson-Rogers said it took six months to obtain permits from the .
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the feathers.
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Spirits soar at Native American graduation (The Salem Statesman Journal 6/2)
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