Patterson

Syracuse.com by Anne Hayes Lafayette, N.Y. – On Thursday afternoon, Okwaho Patterson, an eighth-grader, was sitting in his technology class at LaFayette Junior-Senior High School working with scissors to help build a model bridge. All of a sudden, Okwaho, 12, turned around and saw his friend clutching a fistful of Okwako’s hair in one hand and scissors in the other. The … [Read more...] about When a CNY kid forcibly cuts a Native American student’s hair, it’s a teaching moment for a school district