Reports show tens of thousands of Native American children ... cut their hair and prevented them from practicing their religions and cultures. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr ...

In Indigenous cultures, hair holds a significant ... to eliminate traditional American Indian ways of life and replace them with white, Eurocentric culture. Native children were taken from their ...

As a kid, a disagreement with her mother over the length of her hair opened a door to learning about her Native American ancestry. She wrote a children's book called "My Powerful Hair." ...