A2 • Adirondack Daily Enterprise • Saturday, May 20, gQ06
Students protest decision to allow Indian seniors to wear regalia
LAFAYEfTE (AP) - About
50 students quietty protestedoutside their school Friday, upset
with a decision to allow six seniors to wear their traditional
Onondaga Indian regalia to grad*
uation next month.
"I have the utmost respect for
Native Americans, but I think it's
very •disrespectful for them to
come to our graduation in their
regalia," said senior Dan Dwyer,
one of the protest organizers.
"Graduation is supposed to
unify people. They are just dents, and parents to discuss the .. Administrators listened to
breaking people apart."
Onondaga seniors' request, their views arid outlined the
Protesters accused Lafayette which they made about three process and rationale for the
decision, Mondanaro said.
School District officials of acting weeks ago.
"A lot of these kids didn't
hastily in making their decision.
The high school has about 500
Superintendent
Mark students in grades 7 through 12, understand the process, and how
Mondanaro said Wednesday (hat about a quarter of them are the decision was made," he said.
the six Onondaga Indian seniors . American Indians, including "Weheard.a lot of viewpoints."
could wear their native regalia to . nine of the 64 students in the Marcja Lyons, one of the
Onondaga seniors, said graduagraduation on June 25, providing senior class.
tion is an important occasion but
it's approved by the school's
Native American; counselor, He Mondanaro said fewer than 10 that weapnga cap and gown isn't
and other administrators met seniors were among Friday's an American Indian tradition.
"We want to shpw our pride
May 12 for two hours with sto- protesters. The rest were uttderclassmen* he said'.
in our cultural heritage by wearing our regalia," said Lyons,
who will wear a .short-sleeyed,
below-the-knee light brown
dress with a maroon floral pattern. She will wear a longer
maroon skirt under the dress,
along with cloth leggings, IHOPcasins and two white leather hair
extensions..
The other five students, all
males,, will wear ribbon shirts
with breechcloths, leggings,
moccasins and headdresses.
' In 2003, district.officials pet
mild, opposition when they
decided to fly the Onondaga flag
outside ihe high school, jbeated
10 miles south of Syracuse, Most
op^hents, however,; were concerned about.' whether it was
proper , etiquette: tp fly the
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