Religious questions about eagle feathers await Haaland

摘要

A religious rights dispute involving eagle feathers will confront Rep. Deb Haaland if she is confirmed as the firstNative American secretary of the Interior.For quite some time, the Fish and Wildlife Service has been considering a controversial 2018 petition to broadenaccess to the Colorado-based National Eagle Repository.While the petition by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty seeks eagle repository access for "all sincerebelievers who use federally protected feathers in their religious exercise," tribal leaders have sounded alarms.