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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nicolle Okoren with photographs by Trevor Christensen

They took part in Apache ceremonies. Their schools expelled them for satanic activities

The way the school saw it, it was devil worship.

In October 2019, three teenage girls were punished for participating in a spiritual ceremony. Their Arizona school expelled two of them, and let the third off with a warning, citing their attendance as a violation of school policy and grounds for expulsion.

Caitlyn, now 18, says she and her friends were disciplined for participating in a Sunrise Dance, a traditional Native ceremony at the core of White Mountain Apache culture.

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