{"id":141397,"date":"2025-05-08T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=141397"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:34:41","slug":"native-america-calling-graduation-ceremonies-are-a-battleground-over-regalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/08\/native-america-calling-graduation-ceremonies-are-a-battleground-over-regalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Graduation ceremonies are a battleground over regalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Thursday, May 8, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Graduation ceremonies are a battleground over regalia <\/div>\r\nNew Mexico is the latest of more than 20 states to formally recognize Native American students\u2019 right to express their cultural heritage at graduation ceremonies. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThose expressions are typically in the form of <a href=\"https:\/\/narf.org\/resources\/graduation\/\">eagle feathers, beadwork, moccasins, or other traditional dress worn during the ceremony<\/a> with gowns and mortarboard caps. But many Native students elsewhere continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/narf.org\/graduation\/\">face resistance from school boards and administrators<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n One Wyoming school principal told a student if he \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyomingnews.com\/news\/local_news\/casper-student-prohibited-from-wearing-native-american-regalia-to-graduation-ceremony\/article_426e2617-7ef6-450c-b72c-6bcf7f414f3b.html\">let one minority do it, then I\u2019d have to let the rest<\/a>.\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune into Native America Calling to recognize this year\u2019s graduating seniors and get up to speed on the ongoing fight over ceremonial regalia.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNativeAmericanRightsFund%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0NCPcZbdFM4xBnAS1Wbofv1bGzD51WMj86yZCWHwzvn7uv7HRyj13HwSkYKVuHjNQl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"644\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/heather-hostler\">Heather Hostler<\/a> (Hupa), executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calindian.org\/\">California Indian Legal Services<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/attheu.utah.edu\/students\/student-commencement-speaker-equipped-to-endure\/\">Tracie Yellowman Ts\u00e9y\u00edn\u00ed\u00edts\u00f3<\/a> (Din\u00e9), University of Utah 2025 student commencement speaker\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/narf.org\/graduation\/\">Morgan Saunders<\/a>, senior staff attorney in Washington, D.C. office at <a href=\"https:\/\/narf.org\/\">Native American Rights Fund<\/a> (NARF)\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08\/nativeamericanrightsfund.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 20 states recognize Native students\u2019 right to express their cultural heritage at graduation ceremonies. 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