Christian Titman. Photo from Facebook
A young member of the Pit River Tribe will be able to wear an eagle feather on his graduation cap after reaching an agreement on Tuesday night. Christian Titman, 18, and his family went to court after the Clovis Unified School District denied his requests to wear the feather. But the parties were able to come to an agreement in time for tomorrow's commencement ceremony. “Clovis already allows California Scholarship Federation and National Honor Society accessories during the graduation ceremony. It should be no different for Christian to wear a feather as a symbol of his academic accomplishment,” Novella Coleman, an attorney with the ACLU of Northern California, said in a press release. Titman, a senior at Clovis High School, was given the feather by his father and grandfather. Get the Story:
Clovis Unified Reaches Agreement With Native American Student, Feather Dispute Resolved (KVPR 6/3)
Clovis Unified says agreement reached with student to wear eagle feather at Clovis High graduation (The Fresno Bee 6/3)
Calif. student gets OK to wear eagle feather at graduation (AP 6/3)
Agreement Reached in Feather Controversy (Your Central Valley 6/2)
Native American student sues to wear eagle feather at graduation (The Christian Science Monitor 6/2)
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