MCALLEN — When Apache holy man Robert Soto performs at American Indian powwows, it is with some indignation: He's been left to dance with turkey feathers. The revered golden eagle feathers that once ...

Acting on requests brought by Utah’s Utes and other American Indian tribes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it is loosening some restrictions on Native Americans’ ability to collect ...

Angelica Chavis, a third-year law student in North Carolina, received her prized eagle feather from a tribal elder at age 7, when she was crowned Little Miss Lumbee. And she’s planning to keep it, ...

Starr Davis beamed as a colorful assortment of feathers from parrots, macaws, guineas, peacocks and other birds fluttered across a table at the Intertribal Indian Club of Tulsa Bingo Hall. "Oh, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A battle is brewing over the rights of white people who practice American Indian religion to use federally restricted eagle feathers in ceremonies. Two federal statutes — the ...

July 15 (UPI) --After a years-long battle, the federal government is considering expanding protection from criminal prosecution to all "sincere religious believers" who use eagle feathers in ...