Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On the first Tuesday of November, students and staff at Kwiyagat Community Academy gathered at the school’s prayer ground at 9 a.m. to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.
Ulysses Lang, the school’s Ute culture teacher, led the ceremony as students sang songs in the Ute language they had learned in class.
That Tuesday also marked “Traditional Tuesday,” a biweekly event where students and staff are encouraged to wear traditional clothing. Many arrived in ribbon skirts, ribbon shirts and moccasins. The new tradition celebrating indigenous culture started this school year, during a time when places of learning across the country — from elementary schools to universities — are rolling back their commitments to diversity and inclusion initiatives.
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On the first Tuesday of November, students and staff at Kwiyagat Community Academy gathered at the school’s prayer ground at 9 a.m. to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.
Ulysses Lang, the school’s Ute culture teacher, led the ceremony as students sang songs in the Ute language they had learned in class.
That Tuesday also marked “Traditional Tuesday,” a biweekly event where students and staff are encouraged to wear traditional clothing. Many arrived in ribbon skirts, ribbon shirts and moccasins. The new tradition celebrating indigenous culture started this school year, during a time when places of learning across the country — from elementary schools to universities — are rolling back their commitments to diversity and inclusion initiatives.
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