Just a month after a Tiverton man won the right to wear an Apache headband at the Adult Correctional Institutions, the state Department of Correction is facing yet another lawsuit accusing officials ...

The Rhode Island Department of Corrections settled a lawsuit with a man who was denied the right to wear a Native American headband. Wolf Pawochawog-Mequinosh claimed the denial violated his ...

Under the agreement, Wolf Pawochawog-Mequinosh will be permitted to wear the headband at the Adult ... a religious designation for adherents of Native American religious traditions,” the ACLU ...

A judge ruled April 30 that a Rhode Island prison could not stop a Native American inmate from wearing a religious headband, according to court documents. Screengrab from the complaint A prison ...

(AP) — Victoria's Secret has apologized for putting a Native American-style headdress on a model for its annual fashion show, after the outfit was criticized as a display of ignorance toward ...

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American ...

While the Federal Bureau of Prisons recognizes Native American headbands as religious items, the state-run prison in Rhode Island did not, and denied Pawochawog-Mequinosh’s requests on four ...