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Kansas school forced Native American student to cut his hair, ACLU says

November 21, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EST
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In September, a Kansas woman received an email from a school administrator about her son’s hair.

Her 8-year-old, a member of the Wyandotte Nation, had been growing his hair long, following the tribe’s traditions. But the email warned that if he did not cut his hair, he would be sent home from school, according to a new letter from the American Civil Liberties Union.