The Fish and Wildlife Service returned the hat and headdress to him, but they kept the feathers. "I'm thankful I survived with only a $2,000 fine," Cavanaugh said.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials threatened a Native Alaskan artist with felony violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Lacey Act for adorning a hat and headdress with feathers from a ...

Cavanaugh used flicker feather on the headdress, and raven feathers on the hat. He ultimately ended up paying a $2,000 fine, but he hadn't known he'd broken the law.

He had used raven and flicker (a relative of a woodpecker) on a hat and headdress, respectively. He ended up paying a fine, but the battle over the use of these feathers in Native art continues.

A federal judge has ordered that a ceremonial eagle-feather headdress said to have been worn by Apache leader Geronimo be transferred from the FBI to the Interior Department, a first step in ...

He had used raven and flicker (a relative of a woodpecker) on a hat and headdress, respectively. He ended up paying a fine, but the battle over the use of these feathers in Native art continues.