The public school board in Chamberlain, South Dakota, again refused to allow an honor song to performed at this year's high school graduation ceremony.

Indian students and their parents have repeatedly requested an honor song. But the board voted 4-2 against the idea and instead said one will be performed at an assembly in the spring.

“We will have an honor song at our school, but it won’t be at graduation,” district superintendent Debra Johnson said at board meeting last night, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported.

Indian students, mostly from the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, represent about 40 percent of the student body in Chamberlain.

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Chamberlain board again rejects Lakota honor song (The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 12/10)
Chamberlain School Board rejects request for Lakota honor song (KSFY 12/10)
Chamberlain School Board To Vote On Allowing Lakota Honor Song (KELO-TV 12/9)

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