Feds collect dead eagles to help Alaska Native traditions

alaskajournal.com ^ | April 9, 2010 | AP

[Berlin_Freeper]

Since the 1970s, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has quietly collected, processed and distributed dead eagles via the repository in an effort to balance conservation efforts with helping Native American tribes continue traditional practices.

[Scotsman will be Free]

Another federal duty established by the Constitution. s/

[vetvetdoug]

Good thing the Native Americans didn’t use opossums.

[elcid1970]

Are these the tribes who capture young golden eagles, tether them, and ultimately smother them to death as an offering to the Great Spirit in place of their sons?