Canadian Indian Guilty of Violating Eagle Law
A Canadian Indian who said he was acting as a medicine man when he brought eagle feathers and remains across the border was convicted by a federal jury in Seattle.
Terry Antoine, 47, a member of the Salish tribe’s Cowichan band in Duncan, British Columbia, was found guilty of violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
During the trial, prosecutors argued Antoine smuggled the eagle parts across the U.S. border without a permit, then sold or bartered them for cash, beadwork and other goods as part of a black-market scheme.
Antoine is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 11. He faces a maximum of nine years in prison and $45,000 in fines.
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