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 ...

As graduation season approaches, some Native American students in the Clovis Unified School District are concerned that their graduation experience will be jeopardized by wearing indigenous regalia to ...

As music, dances, the aroma of food filled the air and traditions practiced long before the U.S. existed unfolded.

Kelly holds an eagle feather staff, an American Indian symbol of respect, honor, and patriotism. (Courtesy of Julia Kelly) “I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in ...

Peltier, 80, grew emotional as he addressed about 500 people who gathered at a festive event to welcome him home to North Dakota, Wednesday, Feb. 19, on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians' ...

(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 ...

“From day one, from the first hour I was arrested, Indian people came to my rescue, from all over the country,” Peltier said. Tribal leaders presented Peltier with an eagle feather staff that ...