With a single golden eagle feather fetching upwards of $500 on the black market, the incentive for illegal hunters and ...

The repository is currently fulfilling requests for immature golden eagles made in 2013. Wait times for bald eagles or parts are up to two years. Lilley, the Nakota member, said many feathers in his ...

Immature golden eagle feathers are especially valued among tribes, and a tail set from one of the birds can sell for several hundred dollars, according to details disclosed during a separate ...

Under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940, it is against the law to even pick up a discarded feather. But for many Native Americans and Alaska natives, the eagle is a sacred creature ...

The RZSS WildGenes Laboratory's tests identified the feathers of golden eagles, buzzards, ring-necked pheasants and black grouse. BBC/Simon Baxter Golden eagle feathers were among the more than ...

Lilley, the Nakota member, said many feathers in his regalia were gifted to him or came from a dead eagle he found along a fence after it apparently had been shot. He also received a golden eagle ...

America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies. Golden eagles are federally protected but not considered ...

The repository is currently fulfilling requests for immature golden eagles made in 2013. Wait times for bald eagles or parts are up to two years. Lilley, the Nakota member, said many feathers in his ...