Religion Roundup
Court Rules Against Man in Bald Eagle-Religion Case
Associated Press
May 9, 2008
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A federal appeals court says that a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe who killed a bald eagle for use in his tribe's Sun Dance religious ritual must stand trial.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an earlier decision by federal Judge William Downes of Wyoming. In 2006, Downes dismissed criminal charges against Winslow Friday. The judge said the federal government does no more than pay lip service to the religious needs of American Indians.
Friday and the Northern Arapaho Tribe argued that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service commonly refuses to grant permits to Indians to kill eagles for religious ceremonies even though federal regulations say the permits should be available.
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