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Indigenous student settles lawsuit against school district

Four years after being denied entry into her graduation ceremony because she wore an eagle plume on her graduation cap, Larissa Waln is finally getting a bit of justice as her family settled their lawsuit against the Dysart Unified School District in Arizona.

“My family filed this lawsuit to protect Native peoples’ right to honor our religious beliefs and academic achievement, just as so many other students are permitted to,” Waln said in a statement. “I hope going forward schools learn to appreciate and respect our tribal practices.”

Waln, a tribal citizen of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, and her father, Bryan Waln, a tribal citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, announced their agreement to settle their lawsuit against Dysart School District on April 18. Details about the settlement were not released.

https://ictnews.org/news/indigenous-student-settles-lawsuit-against-school-district

 

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