School apologizes after seizing Lakota student’s feathered graduation cap

A viral video of staff confiscating a Native American student’s cap at a New Mexico high school’s graduation this week sparked an outpouring of anger as administrators apologized for failing to create a ceremony that was “inclusive of all graduates.”

Genesis White Bull, a senior at Farmington High School in Farmington, N.M., and a Hunkpapa Lakota of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, had adorned her dark green graduation cap with traditional Lakota decorations — ornate beadwork and a white feather plume.