LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 5 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska issued the following statement on Oct. 4, 2023: * * * A Lakota family from North Central Nebraska is settling a federal civil rights lawsuit that arose out of allegations that a school employee cut the hair of their two children without parental permission and against their religious beliefs. The consent decree agreed to by the parties and entered by the federal court binds school officials to terms related to cutting   more