California Teacher Placed on Administrative Leave After Video Emerges of Her Wearing Faux Native American Headdress and Dancing in Class

California Teacher Placed on Administrative Leave After Video Emerges of Her Wearing Faux Native American Headdress and Dancing in Class
Cherokee people in a historical and cultural celebration of Native American heritage. Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images
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A teacher at a Riverside, California school has been placed on administrative leave after a video emerged showing her wearing a faux Native American headdress while dancing and chanting in front of her class.

Video footage of the clip, which was filmed in the classroom and shared on Twitter, shows the John W. North High School teacher waving her arms in the air during a math class while wearing a headdress made of paper.
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