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| Wyoming inmate sues again over eagle feathers |
| By /nativetimes.com - Ben Neary |
| Published: 05/29/2013 |
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – A Wyoming inmate is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, claiming agency officials improperly delayed for years sending him eagle feathers he needed for Native American religious purposes. Andrew John Yellowbear, Jr., a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe, is serving a life sentence in the beating death of his 22-month-old daughter in 2004. Yellowbear filed a lawsuit this month in federal court in Wyoming charging that the Fish and Wildlife Service gave him three eagle feathers in 2008 and then repeatedly denied his requests before sending him seven more last December. The agency holds carcasses from eagles and other birds at a repository near Denver. Read More. |
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