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Placating the spirit of a slain eagle - Assiniboin
12018-03-16T21:12:40-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637294821For their feathers, which were used in many ways as ornaments and as fetishes, eagles were caught by a hunter concealed in a brush-covered pit. A rather elaborate ceremony took place over the bodies of the slain birds for the purpose of placating the eagle spirits. The Sarsi custom is described at some length in Volume XVIII, pages 95-99.plain2018-03-16T21:12:40-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521926Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp18019 - portfolio 18 page plate no. 634For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.18, The Chipewyan. The Western woods Cree. The Sarsi ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1930), plate no. 6341 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 33 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, Mass. by Suffolk Engraving Co.http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.18.port.00000020Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637