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209 Placating The Spirit

Placating The Spirit of a Slain Eagle
Assiniboin
Photograph by Edward S. Curtis
Copyright 1926

Eagle feathers were important ritually and
for adornment. The hunters would make
elaborate ceremonies over the slain bird
to pacify the spirit of these enobled creatures.

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