“When (Ray) accepted her diploma that day, she was not permitted to wear the button blanket, but other students ... tribe from donning such objects of Native American cultural significance ...

The day was supposed to be even more special: she would get to honor her Native heritage, by wearing what's called a button blanket. A button blanket is a ceremonial robe considered a powerful ...

The law seeks to protect Native students against assimilation ... The principal who improperly told Ray that the button blanket wasn’t allowed has claimed ignorance of the law, but the district ...

Only 67 percent of Native students attend a school that offers computer ... Using skills they’d learned in their computer science lessons, the students designed a traditional button blanket on a laser ...

“When (Ray) accepted her diploma that day, she was not permitted to wear the button blanket, but other students were wearing ... a federally recognized tribe from donning such objects of Native ...