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By Ben Neary
Cheyenne, Wyoming (AP)
A specialist in American Indian law says a federal court ruling in the case of a Wyoming man who shot a bald eagle for use in his tribe’s Sun Dance follows a pattern of decisions that profess respect for American Indian religion while punishing individual tribal members.
The United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit during May reinstated a misdemeanor criminal charge against Winslow Friday, 23, a Northern Arapaho. Friday shot a bald eagle on the Wind River Reservation in Central Wyoming for use in his tribe’s 2005 Sun Dance.
Cheyenne, Wyoming (AP)
A specialist in American Indian law says a federal court ruling in the case of a Wyoming man who shot a bald eagle for use in his tribe’s Sun Dance follows a pattern of decisions that profess respect for American Indian religion while punishing individual tribal members.
The United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit during May reinstated a misdemeanor criminal charge against Winslow Friday, 23, a Northern Arapaho. Friday shot a bald eagle on the Wind River Reservation in Central Wyoming for use in his tribe’s 2005 Sun Dance.
