Native American soldier gets OK to wear long hair, feather to honor heritage Spec. Moses Brave Heart received a religious accommodation to grow his hair out and wear an eagle feather as a way to ...

Sporting long hair, or growing out hair, is a custom for some Native tribes. For some tribes, long hair equates to strength. In others, it signifies power and virility.

The family of an Indigenous man receiving care at UCHealth alleges staff cut and disposed of their his hair -- which goes against sacred Native American practices -- and then lied about it.

A Native American elder’s waist-length hair was cut off while he was being treated for blood clots—and his family is furious. Relatives of Arthur Janis marched on UCHealth in Aurora, Colorado ...

From long hair to three-strand brands, the ways in which Indigenous people wear their hair is a reflection of their identity and their life. For many Native Americans, hair tells a life story Skip ...

An 8-year-old boy who is a member of Wyandotte Nation was told by his school that the long hair reflecting his cultural heritage violated its dress code, the A.C.L.U. says.

My Native American first-grader Logan loves his long braid. It connects my son to our cultural and spiritual traditions as members of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe of North Carolina. For thousands of ...

In political proclamations and religious tracts, Colonial leaders denounced Native American men’s long hair as evidence of their inherent barbarism. Seventeenth-century ideas of difference ...

My Powerful Hair is Indigenous author Carole Lindstrom's new children's book. It is inspired by her grandmother, who was forced to cut off her hair to try to remove her from Native culture.

An Army Major who posted portraits in full uniform while wearing traditional Native American eagle feathers in his hair, said the pictures are a tribute to both his Native identity and fallen ...

Kansas school forced Native American student to cut his hair, ACLU says. November 21, ... had been growing his hair long in accordance with his tribe’s traditions, the ACLU said.