Evanston Township High School graduate refuses to give up Indigenous adornments on cap, barred from walking across stage

Nimkii Curley wore a graduation cap and stole given to him by members of his Indigenous community to his graduation. (Provided)

Nimkii Curley was preparing to walk across the graduation stage at Evanston Township High School on Sunday when he was stopped and given a choice: Lose the beads, stole and eagle feather or sit out of the ceremony. 

Curley, who is Ojibwe and Navajo, said letting go of the adornments — particularly the eagle feather hanging from his cap — wasn’t an option.