Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
Noted sir.....I only speak from a lifetime of experience within our native culture and traditions. Thank you sir for saying what is obvious, if your not one of us Indigenous Traditionals, it might be better to err, instead of fines and/or jail time.

Hawk
I have seen the results first hand when misunderstandings happen. When I was younger and very active in the BSA, we had a full eagle feather headdress that had been given to the OA lodge as a gift in the 50s. There was a letter and several documents about it kept with it in the display case. (We never took it out it was far to rare and precious a gift.) The cops were called once because a visiting dignitary from a different tribe saw photos of it, which were obviously in the hands of non-tribesmen.

That was a two week fiasco and all the paperwork was on hand for immediate access.

The local scout camp also sent all feathers found at the camp to the tribe as they could use them. Documentation included.