cougarwalker

you hit the nail on the proverbial head! i believe all feathers are sacred and always do my best to see they are treated as such. its very true that different tribes have different sacred feahers. to me i love them all so i am always careful and treat them all with respect. thanks for pointing that out to us Iron Eagle. cougie

Zeke

If it were me, even during prayer, my instinct would be to get an eagle feather off the ground.

Now, due to mine own inherent personal humiliation at that point, I'd beg for a veteran -- hopefully a relative who will spare me the lecture because I already know what I've done -- to be nearby and quickly "scoop it up".

After the prayer's conclusion we'd "settle up" in whatever manner they see fit in a quick and simple exercise: perhaps merely a handshake. The less people that know this actually happened, the better!

I hate it when folks put on an extravagant show for the masses when it is not absolutely necessary. (Come on, we've all seen it.)

My simple view is this: it's my feather and my screw-up. I get to decide who picks up the feather and "makes things right". The veteran I choose determines things from that point.

Zeke

cougarwalker

good point. i feel the same way just get it up off the ground!

hidatsawmn26

well wait until after the prayer is over with ...i would do anything until after then because it would be more resptectful that way...then notify the whipman wuts going on...becca

hidatsawmn26

but i was told by my ma ya go see the arena director for this but i was also told by some guy ya go see the whip man...presonally i never seen anybudy loose a feather before...i ve seen ppl loose barrettes and earrings...but i would consult someone within yar own nation because each nation has different ways of doing things-becca

hidatsawmn26

woops i mean i wouldnt do anything... sorry that was a typo there...becca

Zeke

I realize this is the "kiss of death" but, if I ever lose a feather, it wanted off. I tie those things down to the point of darned near unreasonability: I don't want one going anywhere.

So, what's the over/under on me losing one next Summer?

Zeke

cougarwalker

I agree you with you to some degree on "if your meant to lose one ya will." some things we just arent meant to keep no matter how hard we tie them down! ive never lost a feather but when i do once it is retrieved i will gift it to someone. cougie

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WhoMe

What about the "sacred colored feathers" that the waitresses all wear at the Foxwood's Casino?

If one falls, do the Pequots have a sacred pick up the waitress' feather song?

j/k

amo

Grand entry and a prayer is given by special person to the people and a feather drops to land on the ground. Do I go tell arena director or whip person or other high offical.
A prayer took me to the event in the first place and I am still in the prayer. I observe a feather drop to the ground during my prayer. I saw it fall from the person regalia outfit. Like a dream, the feather I see is falling to the ground. In the air it sways back and forth in the wind landing gentle with pointed feather facing away from me. In my prayer I praying for the individual(s) families or him/her that dropped the feather. It significance is life and death, depending on how it is recieved by the One person who picks up the feather. Now, I believe this to be because someOne is choosen to pick up the feather in the first place. Something is amist in the future for the person(s) who dropped the feather in the dance arena. How do (I) protect myself? (I) already did because of the prayer that brought me to this place and what is taken place on behalf of the body that fell to the ground. It is respect and honor in fear of my life because (I) fear God. This is spiritual and spiritual healing will not take place on behalf of the people for fallen feather where the body lies on the ground.

cougarwalker

interesting! you gave something to think about amo! thanks! cougie

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Tom Iron Eagle

In reponse to WhoMe's Question:

Yes and No.

Yes even those feathers are special in a special way since they came from a living being that the Creator made. How and Why they got an unatural color and place of being may or may not be important to us or the Creator - but they were made by the Creator.

Some may recall the respect for even the pesky misquito or nat that your Grand Parents would not let you swipe at and kill.

But as far as the "ritual" and or "ceremony" to retrieve the "other feathers" - that is all up to the individual and the Elders.

As mentioned before:

What is one to some may not be the same to others.
What may be medicince for one may not be medicine for another.