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Article: Elders get last word on use of eagle feathers.
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- February 1, 1999
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By Pameta Sexsmitg Green
Windspeaker Staff Writer
SASKATOON
The sight of an eagle soaring high above the earth, flying with the cloud people, is a powerful experience. In Aboriginal tradition, the eagle represents the strongest of spiritual powers, and when the bird dies, these powers remain in the feathers, claws and body parts.
Eagle feathers are in great demand for the traditional spiritual ceremonies of the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Dakota, Nakota and Lakota cultures in Saskatchewan, and in even greater demand for the competitive powwow circuit in North America.
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