School incident draws tribal attention
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Jana Peterson
Carlton Indigenous Student Council leader Ayeden Diver addresses the Carlton school board regarding demands for change to school policy regarding violence against other students during a packed meeting Monday.
Nearly 40 people turned out for the Carlton school board meeting Monday, many of them upset by allegations of a threat of violence against a Native American student.
In a news release Monday, Carlton Indigenous Student Council leader Ayeden Diver alleged a white male student held a knife to the throat of a female Native American student before spring break in March and that the perpetrator received only a partial-day suspension as punishment. Diver also submitted a letter to the school board in March, asking for a response to the alleged incident.
A number of Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior...
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