(Valerie Glass) Emalyce Kee, who is Diné (Navajo) and Rosebud Sioux, still does not understand why she wasn’t allowed to wear a beaded graduation cap with an eagle plume from Cedar City High in 2021. On April 14, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed HB30 into law, making it illegal to deny Native American students the opportunity to wear cultural regalia during academic milestones, like high school graduations.
Alastair Lee Bitsóí is Diné from the Navajo Nation and is the Southern Utah reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune.