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 ...

“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 ...

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.

The American Indian Movement gathered Friday with members of the Red Rock community in support of a young Native American boy whose hair was cut in school three weeks ago; an act that the ...

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 ...

This is the very definition of long-term and the opposite of a “fad.” For Native American boys and men, wearing their hair long is traditional. I explained the importance of my son’s hair to his ...