Native American teen sues Oklahoma school over sacred eagle plume fight
May 27 (UPI) -- A Native American teen has filed a lawsuit against an Oklahoma school district after school officials tried removing her sacred eag...
May 27 (UPI) -- A Native American teen has filed a lawsuit against an Oklahoma school district after school officials tried removing her sacred eagle plume during her graduation ceremony. Lena' Black, a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and of Osage descent, sued the Broken Arrow School District in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow last week claiming that school officials violated her rights to free speech and free exercise of religion. Load Error Black had worn the eagle plume on her mortarboard cap as she graduated from Broken Arrow High School in 2022, the lawsuit reads.