Mylon McArthur is eight years old.He comes from the first people to live in Canada.Mylon is the only native child in his class.Until recently, he wore his hair in a traditional style for native boys and men: long.But some other children at school bullied(欺负)him about his long hair.His mother was worried.She did not want him to become depressed，so she asked Mylon to cut his hair.But before he did, he made a video.In it, he spoke against the bullies and told teachers and parents why long hair is important.The video went widespread.Many people watched it—more than one million.Mylon’s video is the latest part in a long history about native people and hair.The meaning of hair is different across tribes.Many native groups see hair as a source of strength and power.But government officials in the U.S.and Canada have historically seen native people’s hair differently.L.G.Moses is a professor at Oklahoma State University.He says that government officials in the 1800s tried to force native people to be more like the European settlers.One way the officials did that was by making native children and adults cut their hair.Long hair, they believed, showed that a person was wild—not civilized.The practice has not ended.Even today, many public school systems and some workplaces require native people to wear their hair short.Native people have resisted pressure to cut their hair in many ways, including taking legal action.Recently, they are also—like Mylon—using social media.Mylon says that, since he made the video, two things have changed.The other children stopped bullying him.And he decided to grow his hair long again.