Post by blackcrowheart on Jun 5, 2006 11:18:18 GMT -5
American Indian grads celebrate with feather ceremony
NEW: American Indian grads celebrate with feather ceremony
Steve McEnroe/Journal staff Lakota elder Gerald Yellowhawk, left, tells
the story of the four-colored medicine wheel which will adorn the eagle
feathers and plumes to be given to American Indian graduates from Rapid
City Area District public and private high schools on Saturday in a
feather ceremony. Listening are Nikki DuBray, who will graduate from
Central High School, and Arthur Zimiga, Title VII/Indian Education
Director for the Rapid City Area Schools.
NEW: American Indian grads celebrate with feather ceremony By
Jomay Steen, Journal Staff Writer
www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2006/06/04/pmedition/news/news0\
1.txt
RAPID CITY -- It is a ceremony that ties contemporary achievement with
the honor and responsibility of centuries-old American Indian culture
and tradition.
On Sunday, Rapid City Central High School senior Nikki DuBray will be
the first of her family to receive a high school diploma.
A mother of a 6-month-old baby, it would have been easy for DuBray to
quit school to care for her child full-time. But at her baby's
birth, the 19-year-old single-mother realized continuing her education
would mean a better life for her child.
"I'm the first one in my family to graduate from high
school," DuBray said.
To celebrate the achievement of graduation, DuBray and 85 American
Indian students from the Rapid City area will be honored at the seventh
annual feathering ceremony on Saturday, June 3, at Central High School.
At the ceremony, DuBray will receive an eagle plum attached to a
medicine wheel symbolizing courage and accomplishment as well as the
four-stages of life within the life cycle.
"I'm doing this for myself and my Mom," DuBray said of
participating in the ceremony.
"It's an important event that symbolizes going from adolescence
to adulthood," said Arthur W. Zimiga, Title 7 and Rapid City Area
Schools Indian Education director.
For the complete story, see Saturday's Rapid City Journal.
NEW: American Indian grads celebrate with feather ceremony
Steve McEnroe/Journal staff Lakota elder Gerald Yellowhawk, left, tells
the story of the four-colored medicine wheel which will adorn the eagle
feathers and plumes to be given to American Indian graduates from Rapid
City Area District public and private high schools on Saturday in a
feather ceremony. Listening are Nikki DuBray, who will graduate from
Central High School, and Arthur Zimiga, Title VII/Indian Education
Director for the Rapid City Area Schools.
NEW: American Indian grads celebrate with feather ceremony By
Jomay Steen, Journal Staff Writer
www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2006/06/04/pmedition/news/news0\
1.txt
RAPID CITY -- It is a ceremony that ties contemporary achievement with
the honor and responsibility of centuries-old American Indian culture
and tradition.
On Sunday, Rapid City Central High School senior Nikki DuBray will be
the first of her family to receive a high school diploma.
A mother of a 6-month-old baby, it would have been easy for DuBray to
quit school to care for her child full-time. But at her baby's
birth, the 19-year-old single-mother realized continuing her education
would mean a better life for her child.
"I'm the first one in my family to graduate from high
school," DuBray said.
To celebrate the achievement of graduation, DuBray and 85 American
Indian students from the Rapid City area will be honored at the seventh
annual feathering ceremony on Saturday, June 3, at Central High School.
At the ceremony, DuBray will receive an eagle plum attached to a
medicine wheel symbolizing courage and accomplishment as well as the
four-stages of life within the life cycle.
"I'm doing this for myself and my Mom," DuBray said of
participating in the ceremony.
"It's an important event that symbolizes going from adolescence
to adulthood," said Arthur W. Zimiga, Title 7 and Rapid City Area
Schools Indian Education director.
For the complete story, see Saturday's Rapid City Journal.