The button blanket that 11-year-old Leah Nelson will wear at Celebration this year is a symbol of firsts and lasts: the first time she’s ever danced ...

An Indigenous student has sued Tacoma Public Schools for prohibiting her from wearing tribal regalia during her June high school graduation ceremony. Gracie Belle Ray, who is a member of the ...

A Native student was not allowed to don a sacred button blanket while graduating in June and told, if she did, she couldn’t walk, according to a lawsuit.

TACOMA — Tacoma Public Schools stands accused of discrimination after an Indigenous student was prohibited from wearing tribal regalia at her June graduation ceremony.

Gracie Ray was wearing a button blanket to receive her diploma. ... He didn't see the robe, he wouldn't have known it was a Native student and said no," Jumper explained.

A teary-eyed administration official solemnly draped a tribal blanket over President Biden on Monday before he announced plans to “revive” Native American languages and designate a ...

A Tacoma Native student couldn’t wear a sacred tribal ... accepted her diploma that day, she was not permitted to wear the button blanket, but other students were wearing their own ...

A Native student was not allowed to don a sacred button blanket while graduating in June and told, if she did, she couldn’t walk, according to a lawsuit.