Gracie Ray said she failed to finish her associate’s degree due to the traumatic experience.
TACOMA, Wash. — A family is standing up for their cultural heritage by taking legal action against a Tacoma school district.
This was after the district barred Gracie Ray from wearing her tribal regalia at graduation in June.
Tacoma Public Schools (TPS) investigated and admitted they were wrong, but Ray’s family said that’s not enough.
Since her graduation ceremony, Ray said she’s been focused on self-care which includes traditional Indigenous medicine and interacting with her parrot.
She said she needed time to heal after
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