School Bars Indian Student's Eagle Feather

MOORE, Okla. (CN) - A Muscogee Indian sued her Oklahoma school district for refusing to let her graduate from high school with a sacred eagle feather with her cap and gown.

The student's mother, Susan Alexander, sued Moore Public Schools, Superintendent Robert Romines and the school board on Tuesday in Federal Court, on behalf of her daughter, K.R.

Eagle feathers are sacred to many Plains Indian tribes, and the federal government has passed laws allowing Native Americans to possess feathers from the protected species.

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