Teacher On Leave After Video Shows Her Wearing Headdress, Doing ‘Tomahawk Chops’ In Class

RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) — A teacher astatine North High School successful Riverside has been placed connected permission aft video surfaced connected societal media of her wearing a feather headdress and “war hooping and tomahawk chopping.”

A Native American pupil began signaling the teacher, identified connected societal media arsenic Candace Reed, due to the fact that helium “felt that unit was being committed against him and helium had the close to record.”

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In the video, the teacher wears the faux feather headdress, demonstrates a tomahawk chop and march, past jumps and skips astir her table successful what appears to beryllium her objection of a Native American warfare ritual. Behind her, images drawn connected a projector spell from the connection “Toa” and circular structure, to a instrumentality fig wearing feathers successful the mediate of 2 pyramids. As she chants and jumps, the students are heard giggling astatine her.

In different video, she was seen sitting connected her desk, seemingly demonstrating a prayer, past laughing.

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As the video has dispersed much widely, the American Indian Movement has promised to signifier a protestation successful beforehand of the schoolhouse Thursday.

The Riverside Unified School District confirmed that the teacher has been placed connected permission portion they behaviour an investigation.

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“A signaling of 1 of our teachers has been wide circulated connected societal media,” the territory said successful a statement. “These behaviors are wholly unacceptable and an violative depiction of the immense and expansive Native American cultures and practices. Her actions bash not correspond the values of our district.”