Notes from March 2022 FPF Talk
Harriet Hemenway, advocate for bird conservation
https://www.fws.gov/story/2021-11/harriet-hemenway
Repositories
The Eagle Repository, Office of Law Enforcement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
https://www.fws.gov/program/national-eagle-repository
Liberty Wildlife Non-Eagle Feather Repository (in partnership with the US Fish & Wildlife Service). Phoenix, AZ
https://libertywildlife.org/conservation/non-eagle-feather-repository/
Who can have feathers?
- Traditional Protocols
- US Law
- eCFR Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-50/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-22/subpart-C/section-22.60
- Adair Martin Smith, Native American Use of Eagle Feathers Under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act,
https://scholarship.law.uc.edu/uclr/vol84/iss2/10
Prepping feathers
- Cleaning
- Museum / conservator’s perspective
- Nicole Grabow. "Conserving and Cleaning Feathers [Tutorial]." Sustainable Heritage Network. Accessed 31 March 2022, www.sustainableheritagenetwork.org/digital-heritage/conserving-and-cleaning-feathers-tutorial
- Museum / conservator’s perspective
- Washing with water
- Freezing to eliminate pests
- Straightening
- Wrap or Bead
- Looping methods
- Buckskin Loop
- Mike’s Way
- My way
- Other ways
- Shaft Loop
- Trim, loop, & glue
- Trim, loop & wrap with sinew
- Practice trimming on a straw
Decorating
- Thread wrap – gathering knot
- Beading
- Bead wrapping
- Beadweaving - gourd or peyote
- My lessons for 3-drop https://www.youtube.com/c/BlueDotBeadwork
Misc
So many resources here…
https://sustainableheritagenetwork.org/contributor/wsu-digital-technology-and-culture