A Native high school senior who was denied a diploma for wearing a bolo tie to his graduation ceremony said on Wednesday he will hold out for an apology.

But one doesn't seem to be coming for Thomas Benya, 17, despite growing criticism of the Maurice J. McDonough High School. Officials said a bolo doesn't qualify as a tie.

The school mailed the diploma to Benya, which he refused to accept until it is presented to him in a public ceremony.

Benya and his family are of Cherokee descent.

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