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>Court orders American Indian to trial for shooting eagle
>By BEN NEARY, Associated Press Writer
>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/05/09/national/a031754D76.DTL&hw=Indian+who+shot+eagle+must+stand+trial&sn=001&sc=1000
>Friday, May 9, 2008
>(05-09) 03:22 PDT Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) --
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>An American Indian who shot a bald eagle for use in a tribal religious
>ceremony must stand trial, a federal appeals court has ruled.
>
>A three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on
>Thursday reversed a 2006 lower court ruling that dismissed a criminal
>charge against Winslow Friday, a Northern Arapaho Indian who has
>acknowledged shooting a bald eagle in 2005 during the tribe's Sun
>Dance.
>
>In dismissing the charge, U.S. District Judge William Downes of
>Wyoming said the federal government has shown "callous indifference"
>to American Indian religious beliefs.
So contrary to your subject, here is a judge right here speaking up for
American Indian culture. This will play out through the courts and no one
will be beaten.
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