National Eagle Repository, Commerce City, Colorado
A Federal Migratory Bird Eagle Parts and Feathers Request Form will authorize Native Americans to obtain eagle parts and feathers for religious and cultural purposes, including healing, marriage, and naming ceremonies from the National Eagle Repository. Recognizing the significance of eagles to Native Americans, the US Fish and Wildlife Service established the National Eagle Repository (Repository)
in the early 1970s to provide Native Americans with the remains, parts and feathers of Golden and Bald eagles for religious purposes.
Native Americans may order from the Repository:
- Up to one whole Golden or Bald eagle or equivalent parts
- Loose feathers
- A pair of wings
- A whole tail
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A head, pair of talons, or trunk.
US Fish and Wildlife Service. (2017). Ordering Eagle Parts and Feathers from the National Eagle Repository (Form 3-200- 15a). US Department of the Interior.