Bird Brains

Big-um spat-um:

A plan by a Native American tribe to kill two bald eagles for use in a religious rite has drawn the ire of a fellow tribe, which says it doesn't want any eagles sacrificed on the Wyoming reservation they share.

An attorney for the Eastern Shoshone tribe told Reuters on Thursday that killing bald eagles on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming would violate its religious beliefs, threaten tribal sovereignty and was "unacceptable."

The other tribe, the Northern Arapaho, hopes to capture the eagles on the 2.2 million-acre reservation rather than on public lands elsewhere in Wyoming as spelt out in a federal permit.

The Fish and Wildlife Service said in an email that it was working closely with Wyoming and the Northern Arapaho "to identify a solution that is satisfactory to all parties."

Maybe Dances With Lies could help them out...