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Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed Mar 14 18:45:01 Northern Arapaho given permit to kill bald eagles Federal law prohibits the killing of national bird in almost all cases The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has taken the unusual step of issuing a permit... VIDEO: CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken the unusual step of issuing a permit allowing a Native American tribe to kill two bald eagles for religious purposes. The agency's decision comes after the Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming filed a federal lawsuit last year contending the refusal to issue such permits violates tribal members' religious freedom. Although thousands of Native Americans apply for eagle feathers and carcasses from a federal repository, permits allowing the killing of bald eagles are exceedingly rare, according to both tribal and legal experts on the matter. "I've not heard of a take permit for a bald eagle," Steve Moore, lawyer with the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder, Colo., said Tuesday. "I see it and NARF would see it as a legitimate expression of sovereignty by the tribe, and respect for that sovereignty by the Fish and Wildlife Service," he added. Federal law prohibits the killing of bald eagles, the national bird, in almost all cases. The government keeps eagle feathers and body parts in a federal repository and tribal members can apply for them for use in religious ceremonies. No longer endangered The bald eagle was removed from the federal list of threatened species in 2007, following its reclassification in 1995 from endangered to threatened. However, the species has remained protected under the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Advertise | AdChoices The Fish and Wildlife Service in 2009 stated in a report that it had never issued a permit for the killing of bald eagles to that time. The report states the government had issued permits for the Hopi Tribe in Arizona to take golden eagles since the mid-1980s. Video: Bald Eagles take flight (on this page) Diane Katzenberger, spokeswoman for the Fish and Wildlife Service in Denver, said no one in the agency was available who could say immediately whether a permit allowing the killing of a live bald eagle had been issued since 2009. It's been nearly three years since the Arapaho tribe filed an application for a permit to kill eagles, said Andy Baldwin, lawyer for the tribe, adding that he believed the Northern Arapaho would not have received the permit without going to court. He revealed in a legal filing this week that the federal agency had issued the permit on Friday. Federal lawyers filed a status report in the lawsuit on Tuesday saying that the Eastern Shoshone Tribe had opposed the killing of eagles on the Wind River Indian Reservation, which the two tribes share in central Wyoming. The report states that the federal permit will allow the Northern Arapaho to kill up to two bald eagles off the reservation. An attempt to reach Jim Shakespeare, a plaintiff in the lawsuit and chairman of the Northern Arapaho Business Council, for comment on Tuesday was unsuccessful. It was unclear whether issuing the permit will prompt the tribe to drop its lawsuit. A federal judge has scheduled a conference in the lawsuit for mid-April. Sun Dance Filed late last year, the lawsuit is essentially the continuation of a bitter legal fight that followed after tribal member Winslow Friday killed a bald eagle without a permit in 2005 for use in his tribe's Sun Dance. Friday shot the eagle on the Wind River Indian Reservation. William Downes, then a federal judge in Wyoming, dismissed the charge against Friday in 2006 saying it would have been pointless for him to apply for a permit. Downes said the federal government generally refuses to grant permits to tribal members to kill eagles even though federal regulations say such permits should be available. "Although the government professes respect and accommodation of the religious practices of Native Americans, its own actions show callous indifference to such practices," Downes wrote. Video: Mouth-to-beak resuscitation saves bird (on this page) Federal prosecutors appealed Downes' decision and a federal appeals court reinstated the criminal charge against Friday. After the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately refused to hear his case, Friday pleaded guilty in tribal court and was ordered to pay a fine. Baldwin said the tribe's lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service was directly related to the government's prosecution of Friday. Advertise | AdChoices "One of the goals of the current suit is to prevent any young men like Winslow Friday from being prosecuted in the future for practicing their traditional religious ceremonies," Baldwin said. Senior members of the Northern Arapaho Tribe appeared at an appeals court hearing court in Denver in late 2007 in support of Friday. Nelson P. White Sr., then a member of the Northern Arapaho Business Council, said after the hearing that the birds Native Americans receive from a federal depository were rotten, or otherwise unfit for use in religious ceremonies. "That's unacceptable," White said after the court hearing. "How would a non-Indian feel if they had to get their Bible from a repository?" http://www...news-environment/#.T2EsXOTwPoE
swordtail Anarchist Prime	Wed Mar 14 18:47:33 fucken injuns.
Billah Member	Wed Mar 14 18:48:02 WHAT THOSE MUTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIRST WOLVES NOW THIS?!!!!!?!
Billah Member	Wed Mar 14 18:50:01 If they use traditional methods to catch the eagles, then...it's OK. When I join my tribe I'm going to take part in the sundance and fast and hallucinate until I rip the hooks out of my chest.
Renzo Marquez Member	Wed Mar 14 18:54:29 THREAD #2!!!!!! TWO THREADS!!!! http://www...hread?id=politics&thread=52703
Sam Adams Member	Wed Mar 14 18:56:29 RIP hot rod
Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed Mar 14 19:00:42 What does that mean Sam?
chuck Member	Wed Mar 14 19:02:04 IF THIS WAS OBAMA KILLING BALD EAGLES THERE WOULDN'T BE A SINGLE THREAD.
Renzo Marquez Member	Wed Mar 14 19:07:15 HOT ROD IS GOING TO PRETEND HE DIDN'T READ THIS POST BUT WE ALL *KNOW* THAT HE DID.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed Mar 14 19:46:17 Yeah, I read your posts, but did not find another thread on this subject.
Sam Adams Member	Wed Mar 14 19:53:58 wow, hamas rod can't read anymore.
TJ Member	Wed Mar 14 19:54:25 Don't you click on Mr. Samuel Adams threads HR?
Forwyn Member	Wed Mar 14 19:56:37 "The government keeps eagle feathers and body parts in a federal repository and tribal members can apply for them for use in religious ceremonies." Your tax dollars at work
Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed Mar 14 20:01:22 Sorry, I did not see renzo's link and I missed your dinky little three post thread.
Sam Adams Member	Wed Mar 14 20:02:59 So you admit you failed twice?
Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed Mar 14 20:04:25 Sure, why shouldn't I? I was wrong twice.
Tragically Hip Member	Wed Mar 14 20:04:25 Pfft. The government gives us hunting rights we already had until you killed all the animals and then put them on the endangered species list. Hrmm. We get to kill rare shit now because you had your fun killing the majority of them years ago.
Sam Adams Member	Wed Mar 14 20:07:27 "Sure, why shouldn't I? I was wrong twice. " wow, even hamas rod has more honor than tardfish and milton
Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed Mar 14 20:10:07 I always did, you are just so wrapped up in your petty racism you never noticed.
Renzo Marquez Member	Wed Mar 14 20:13:27 Hot Rod is a nigger?
Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed Mar 14 20:14:57 No, but you married one.
Renzo Marquez Member	Wed Mar 14 20:21:13 Hot Rod Revved Up Wed Mar 14 20:14:57 "No, but you married one." No. But Sam's race-realist views are generally about negroes. You asserted that he didn't notice your honor because of racism. Accordingly, a reasonable person can infer that you are a nigger. Additionally, people who have honor do not fake their own deaths on internet forums. Or sexually assault pre-pubescent boys. Thus, you have no honor. In fact, at a minimum you are a double nigger. Perhaps even a triple nigger.
tumbleweed the wanderer	Wed Mar 14 20:35:11 about the federal dead eagle repository: "How does the Repository process eagles? We assign each bird an identification number for tracking purposes and enter descriptive information about it in a database. We note the condition of the bird and its feathers and record its species and age. If part of the bird or feathers are missing, damaged, or broken, we may add replacement parts from another bird to make it complete." http://lib...ications/eaglerepository05.pdf this should be a campaign issue
McKobb Member	Wed Mar 14 20:42:58 Bald Eagle Fingers eagle breast lemon juice butter flower salt and pepper Skin and fillet the eagle breast and cut into fingers. The strips should be between 1/2 " to 3/4" thick as desired. Soak fingers in lemon juice )in an ice box if preferred). Drain and season with salt and pepper. Place in bag and shake meat vigorously. Heat butter in a skillet and cook until brown.
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