Many Native Americans wear stoles with a link to their tribal culture for graduation. These stoles are usually made by a family member or someone else from the graduate’s community. They are important symbols of accomplishment even though Native Americans have a lower overall high school graduation rate than other racial and ethnic groups. Native American youth have a 65% graduation rate, compared to 75.2% of the U.S. population. Only 14.4% of Native Americans earn a bachelor’s degree, compared to 31.3% of the overall population. The low graduation rate of Native Americans can be linked to intergenerational trauma as the result of boarding schools and the lack of cultural relevancy in our nation’s schools. Many Native American students report feeling invisible in their schools. Wearing a stole that represents their culture, is a symbol of pride that asserts that the student’s tribe and culture are still here and strong. For many, graduation is not just an individual event. It is a community celebration. Arizona, California, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota and Washington all recently enacted laws that either enshrine students' rights or bar schools from enforcing dress codes banning tribal regalia.