A group of young members of the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island say they were denied entry to a high school dance last month due to their race.

Na'Keesha Brown, a senior at Chariho High School, said school officials barred the group because "They saw too many people who were brown," The Providence Journal reported.

But school officials say Brown and her group were denied entry because they arrived late, some weren't dressed properly and some lacked identification. School policy requires attendees to be no more than an hour late and to abide by a semi-formal dress code.

Brown said the policy wasn't applied evenly. Tribal chairman Matthew Thomas, whose daughter was among those denied entry, is calling for a meeting with school officials to discuss the incident.

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