"We Don't Wear Eagle Feathers in Muskogee" joke

A Native American, who hung an eagle feather from her mortarboard at graduation, won't be getting a diploma.
Neither will the two African Americans who wore multicolored tribal cloth with their gowns at the Muskogee, OK High School graduation.
According to the school district in this redneck town immortalized by Merle Haggard, the kids broke the dress code and won't receive their diplomas and transcripts until they complete 25 days of summer school as punishment. The three students are asking the American Civil Liberties Union to help them sue.
Says Native American Danaj Battese Trudell, "I'm not going to be defined by the white man anymore."
Based on a story from AP.

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