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Travel with Rick Steves

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Did Native Americans Use Eagle Feathers?

Fossil evidence of to day indicates that for many native peoples, e bald eagles were and are spirit bird. There was elaborate ceremony around the hunting of an eagle and taking it from the wild. And a designated eagle catcher or killer. No native group is identical to another native groupn so they had their separate rituals.

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