Visiting the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C, I
was admiring a beautiful tribal elder headdress decorated with eagle
feathers. A man came up to me and identified himself as Native American.
“Do you know how warriors got those?” the man asked, pointing to the feathers.
“They covered a hole with brush, tied a live rabbit on top of it and hid
underneath. When an eagle swooped down for the kill, they would grab
its wing or tail.”
“Fascinating,” I said. “Did you see it yourself?”
“Actually, no,” the man confessed. “I saw it on the Discovery Channe
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