Native Americans Claim Religious-Liberty Right to Kill Eagles

November 22, 2007

Source: First Amendment Center Press Release

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=19340

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — With the population of bald eagles now high enough that they're no longer protected under the federal Endangered Species Act, some American Indians in Wyoming say the federal government shouldn't require them to get permission to kill the birds for religious ceremonies.