Credit: Norma LeRoy, 36, and Alice Johnson, 42,hold their daughters ages 7 and 12 in Valentine City Park in Valentine, Nebraska on May 21. Leroy and Johnson say their daughters’ hair was cut at Cody-Kilgore Unified Schools in 2020. They have filed a lawsuit against the school, saying the hair cutting violated Lakota religious and cultural beliefs and their civil rights. The school’s lawyers have attempted to get the lawsuit dismissed, calling it a lice check and saying they have ended the practice for Lakota children. (Photo by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press)
