Kansas School Tramples Native Student's Spirituality to Enforce Archaic Grooming Policy: Forcing Boys to Cut Their Braids

Kansas school shows blatant disregard for Native student's religious rights by forcing him to cut sacred long hair prohibited only by an outdated and culturally insensitive school policy.

• Eight-year-old Wyandotte Nation student forced to cut sacred long hair to attend Kansas elementary school after administration denies religious exemption request.

• School policy banning boys from having long hair lacks cultural sensitivity and echoes painful history of Native oppression.

• District violates student's cultural and religious freedoms protecte…