Eagle feather thread

[The Guy in the Kilt at UC]

It seems unlikely that there would be a Federal Law that would favour one race or ethnic group over any other. That being the case one would presume that there would be no difference between Native Americans and Scottish armigers-- or any one else for that matter-- as regards possession of Eagle Feathers.

Right, but federal law tends to be bulky & inefficient. Does anyone out there know for sure if those Scots are protected?

[Phil]

The laws regarding possession of such parts of birds seem much more draconian in America than here in the UK. Since reading these posts I looked up here - http://www.fws.gov/faq/featherfaq.html - and it seems that nobody whatsoever may possess them. Even native Americans are prohibited from collecting feathers in the wild and may only obtain them from a central repository if authorised to do so. It also mentions the import and export of such feathers and limits this to "Enrolled members of federally recognized tribes" which tends to exclude any of the chiefs, chieftans or armigers mentioned in this post. Perhaps some public-spirited citizen might consider his duty next time there is a forthcoming clan gathering in America?