story. the tribe uses these parts as part of a religious ceremony called a sundance ceremony. it provides unity and togetherness for the tribe. but basically in the past they ve gone to the u.s. repository and gotten old carcasses, decayed body parts of bald eagle parts. now they are able to kill two bald eagles. why now? what s changed? there isn t an exact reason of a change. they just decided to be more lenient. the official statement is the service must comply with other laws and regulation. they issued a modest total of permits for the one-time take of bald eagles to tribes ornatetive american individuals for use as part of religious ceremonies. so this is basically just abiding by other laws they have to abide by to support religious rights. what about the status of the bald eagle? one of the articles i saw said that they were protected now and