Oklahoma school officials tried to rip a Native American student's sacred feather off her cap at graduation, lawsuit alleges
Oklahoma school officials tried to rip a Native American student's sacred eagle feather off her cap at her high school graduation last year, the te...
Oklahoma school officials tried to rip a Native American student's sacred eagle feather off her cap at her high school graduation last year, the teen alleges in a new lawsuit. In her lawsuit filed last week, Lena' Black — who is a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma and of Osage descent — detailed the alleged altercation at her high school graduation ceremony on May 16, 2022. Black had attached an eagle plume to her mortarboard — a sacred object that was ceremonially bestowed on her at age 3 which "represents the prayers of her Otoe-Missouria people for her life and protection," according to the lawsuit.