Steve Cadue, Kickapoo elder and past tribal chair, speaks during a ceremony for Native American Student Services graduates on May 17, 2023. In the first-ever ceremony of its kind for the Lawrence ...

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies, according to wildlife officials, ...

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 ...

Christian Titman, center, looks into the sun wearing a feather as he and his graduating class enter Clovis High’s Lamonica Stadium in June 2015 in Clovis, Calif. North Carolina lawmakers are requiring ...

In what could have passed for a break room, though curiously festooned with feathers, Robert Mesta rummaged inside one of the two plain white freezers. “Ah, here it is,” he said, withdrawing something ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A Native American student wore an eagle feather that he considers sacred to his high school graduation ceremony after resolving a court fight with a California school district.

Maggie Kerrigan spends more time poring over a book than most people. The Virginia Beach artist, who creates sculptures by carving and altering discarded books, can spend weeks with one bound pile of ...