The Seminole Chieftains mascot. Image from Seminole Public Schools

Some Indian students at a public school in Oklahoma said they were going to wear eagle feathers on their graduation caps despite a ban on the practice.

The Seminole High School mascot is the Chieftains. Nearly 50 percent of the student population is Indian but administrators said eagle feathers aren't allowed.

“The accomplishment of completing high school is pretty big for me," Kaden Tiger, a member of the Seminole Nation, told KFOR. "That eagle feather represents what I’ve accomplished.”

Graduation ceremonies took place last night.

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Graduation cap controversy (KFDA 5/22)
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