NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Native American man spoke out at a recent Rutherford County Board of Education meeting to allow his son to wear an eagle feather in his graduation cap. Stephen White ...
Eagle feathers are woven into Native American culture. Beyond powwow regalia, they’re presented to high school graduates, used in marriage ceremonies and buried with the dead. A government repository ...
The case focuses on golden and bald eagles killed on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Prosecutors say there is a thriving illegal trade in eagle feathers despite a law enforcement crackdown in the ...
The orders he’s talking about most often come from Native American tribes. They can legally possess eagle feathers and parts for use in their ceremonies. Some of the feather requests are so ...
(National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian) For many Americans, the eagle feather headdress is a generic symbol of Native America indivisible from the narrative of the wild west and ...
Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Community Wacipi will be held Friday through Sunday at the powwow grounds on the tribal reservation in Prior Lake. It is located just north of Mystic Lake ...
Native American singers and dancers will perform a dance exhibition in the Best Buy Rotunda at Mall of America on Thursday, Aug. 19 as a preview to the Dancers from the annual Shakopee Mdewakanton ...
A Native American student wears her traditional ... from beaded sashes, jewelry, caps, eagle feathers and more. An indigenous student wears full regalia at her graduation, now with new law changes ...