The American Civil Liberties Union condemned a southeast Kansas school district Friday for forcing an 8-year-old Native American boy to cut his long hair despite long hair being integral to his ...

the forced cutting of Native American men and boys’ hair in order to impose conformity with dominant white culture and to stifle long-held religious and traditional Native American practices and ...

An 8-year-old boy who is a member of Wyandotte ... The A.C.L.U. said in a statement that not allowing a Native American student to wear his hair long recalled efforts to “separate Native ...

Google Maps An 8-year-old Native American boy was allegedly forced to cut his ... "After seeing other male members wear their hair long last summer at the Nation's annual Gathering of the Little ...

“Present-day policies that restrict Native American boys from wearing long hair must be understood in the historical context of separating Indigenous children from their families and tribes and ...

The boy was honoring his Native American ancestry and spiritual identity by doing the same. Despite the mother explaining the cultural reasons behind her son’s long hair and offering to provide ...

A Kansas grade school forced an 8-year-old Native American boy to cut off his ... a policy at the elementary school that bars long hair for boys, alleging it violates state and federal laws.