The ornament used for the piercing was made out of various materials, a piece of bark or bone, or an eagle ’ s feather shaft.

Depending on availability and strength of the feather, as well as quality and characteristic of the line wanted by the writer, other feathers used for quill-pen making ( but only in the USA ) include feathers from the crow, eagle, owl, hawk, and turkey.

Native Americans retain some hunting rights, and are exempt from some laws as part of Indian treaties and otherwise under federal law — examples include eagle feather laws and exemptions in the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Some individuals and religious groups, for example, retain beliefs or practices which involve acts contrary to established law, such as the use of cannabis by members of the Rastafari movement, the religious use of eagle feathers by non-Native Americans ( contrary to the eagle feather law, 50 CFR 22 ), or the practice of polygamy amongst Mormons in the 19th century.

Pursuant to the eagle feather law, Title 50, Part 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations ( 50 CFR 22 ), and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service administers the National Eagle Repository and the permit system for Native American religious use of eagle feathers.

Current United States eagle feather law ( 50 CFR 22 ) stipulates that only individuals of certifiable Native American ancestry enrolled in a federally recognized tribe are legally authorized to obtain eagle feathers for religious or spiritual use.

Under the white ear they put the feather of a white eagle.

Under the yellow ear they put the feather of a yellow eagle.

The plectra for the Japanese biwa and shamisen can be quite large, and those used for the Arabic oud are longer and narrower, replacing the formerly used eagle feather.

The arena director is also responsible for organizing any ceremonies that may be required during the pow-wow, such as when an eagle feather is dropped, and others as required.

As with the other two species, the feathers and parts of the Red-tailed Hawk are regulated by the eagle feather law, which governs the possession of feathers and parts of migratory birds.

Unanimous support was needed to bypass the necessary public consultation and Member of the Legislative Assembly Elijah Harper raised an eagle feather to mark his dissension.

In 1990, Harper achieved national fame by holding an eagle feather as he took his stand in the Manitoba legislature and refused to accept the Meech Lake Accord, a constitutional amendment package negotiated to gain Quebec's acceptance of the Constitution Act, 1982.

It has six sets of double strings and played with a pick, usually a trimmed eagle ’ s feather.

Practitioners of one branch of the native American religion perceive the regulations regarding the use of Peyote and the eagle feather law in the United States as discriminating.

* Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada: Royal blue ( except pipers in full dress, who wear an eagle feather instead ).

In the Ghost Dance, a religious movement that became particularly widespread among the Plains Indians, each dancer held a painted feather that was tipped with a down feather painted with another color ; the feathers were generally those of a crow, which was sacred to the Ghost Dance, or of an eagle, which was sacred to all tribes.

Evidence for eagle feather flights has been found with the feathers being bound and glued on.

The Prize itself presently consists of a silver eagle feather, a certificate and $ 50, 000 USD.

The law does not allow Native Americans to give eagle feathers to non-Native Americans.

The Eagle Feather Law later met charges of promoting racial and religious discrimination due to the law ’ s provision authorizing the possession of eagle feathers to members of only one ethnic group, Native Americans, and forbidding Native Americans from including non-Native Americans in indigenous customs involving eagle feathers — a common modern practice dating back to the early 16th century.

Narrow exceptions to the act, known as the eagle feather law, are enacted in federal regulations (), which regulates the taking, possession, and transportation of bald eagles, golden eagles, and their " parts, nests, and eggs " for " scientific, educational, and depredation control purposes ; for the religious purposes of American Indian tribes ; and to protect other interests in a particular locality.

Since 2008, the zoo has been lobbying for a permit to build an eagle sanctuary in order to be able to distribute the animals ' feathers to tribal members for ceremonial purposes in accordance with federal law.

Saint-Gaudens had intended a flying eagle design for the cent, but developed it for the twenty-dollar piece after learning that by law, an eagle was not to appear on the cent.

The reverse featured an eagle prior to the 1999 50 State Quarters Program.

The Dahlonega Mint, like the one established in 1838 in Charlotte, North Carolina, only minted gold coins, in denominations of $ 1. 00, $ 2. 50 ( quarter eagle ), $ 3. 00 ( 1854 only ) and $ 5. 00 ( half eagle ).

The Osprey is depicted as a white eagle in heraldry, and more recently has become a symbol of positive responses to nature, and has been featured on more than 50 postage stamps used as a brand name for various products and sports teams.

The eagle base-unit of denomination served as the basis of the gold quarter-eagle ( US $ 2. 50 ), the gold half-eagle ( US $ 5 ), the eagle ( US $ 10 ), and the double-eagle coins ( US $ 20 ).

Similar to the recently redesigned $ 10, $ 20 and $ 50 bills, the new $ 5 bill features an American symbol of freedom printed in the background: The Great Seal of the United States, featuring an eagle and shield, is printed in purple to the right of the portrait and an arc of purple stars surround both it and the portrait.

The denominations of the gold coins were $ 1, $ ( quarter eagle ) and $ 50 ( in two types: a round coin, and an unusual octagonal coin ).

The Pic River 50 reserve is home to many wild Northern Ontario species such as the beaver, moose, woodland caribou, wolf, black bear, white tailed and red tailed hawk, bald eagle, northern flicker, and many arctic alpine plants.

The large niche ( 50 metres high by 28 metres wide ) at the north end of the Volkshalle was to be surfaced with gold mosaic and to enclose an eagle high, beneath which was situated Hitler's tribunal.

They are intermediate in size between the Spotted Owl of North America or the Tawny Owl of Eurasia, and an eagle owl ( horned owl ), being 40 – 50 cm ( 16 – 20 in ) long and with a wingspan of perhaps 1. 20 meters ( 4 ft ).

There is also a caryatid at the sculpture garden at the Brooklyn Museum, and 14 of the 22 original eagle ornaments still exist.

The Seal of Iowa is described carefully under Iowa Code 1A. 1 in the following: " The secretary of state be, and is, hereby authorized to procure a seal which shall be the great seal of the state of Iowa, two inches in diameter, upon which shall be engraved the following device, surrounded by the words, ' The Great Seal of the State of Iowa ' - a sheaf and field of standing wheat, with a sickle and other farming utensils, on the left side near the bottom ; a lead furnace and pile of pig lead on the right side ; the citizen soldier, with a plow in his rear, supporting the American flag and liberty cap with his right hand, and his gun with his left, in the center and near the bottom ; the Mississippi River in the rear of the whole, with the steamer Iowa under way ; an eagle near the upper edge, holding in his beak a scroll, with the following inscription upon it: Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain.

On the broad wings of the Federal eagle, we had risen to success and fame beyond ourselves as America's youngest, cleverest, most creative and audacious producers to whom none of the ordinary rules of the theater applied.

There are two different versions of the arms: One version in accordance with the Federal Constitution, in which the eagle is represented plain black, and another more artistic version in which the eagle's feathers are detailed.

The coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle ( the Bundesadler " Federal Eagle ", formerly Reichsadler " Imperial Eagle ") on a yellow shield ( Or, an eagle displayed sable ).

He himself put his hand to the design of the Board's new official seal, illustrating four variations on the placement of the eagle, the shield, and the inscriptions ( under the Banking Act of 1935, the Board had just had a change in name, from the Federal Reserve Board to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ).

The state seal supplanted the Iowa Territory seal ( 1838 – 1846 ), which consisted of a Federal eagle holding an arrow in its mouth and a bow in its talon.

Regulations require the insignia to be a " gold embroidered or bronze gold plated metal pin consisting of a spread eagle surcharged with crossed anchors and shield.