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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.

Michelle Betenbaugh says her 5-year-old son, Adriel Arocha, wears his hair long because of religious beliefs tied to his Native American heritage. Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...

Beginning in the 1870s, federal officials in Canada and the U.S. removed Native children into off-reservation boarding schools, where they were forced to give up their languages, clothing and long ...

A school district in Oklahoma has launched an investigation after a Native American boy had his hair cut against his will by other students.. Mid-Del Public School's superintendent Rick Cobb ...

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 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will not consider a case from Native American inmates in Alabama prisons who want to wear their hair long in accordance with their religious beliefs and tradition.

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 ...

The American Civil Liberties Union says a Louisiana school suspended a 13-year-old Native American boy because of his long hair, which the group says he grew out for cultural and religious reaso ...

Three male Native American inmates in Texas are now allowed to grow their hair out in accordance with their spiritual beliefs after they successfully challenged the state prison system in a lawsuit.

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.

The trio of long-time prisoners at the McConnell Unit sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in federal court, arguing that their Native American spiritual beliefs regard hair as an ...