Eagles and Their Importance to Indians

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Eagles and Their Importance to Indians
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Strong Spiritual Bonds

• Santa Rosa Rancheria, home of the Tachi people in
  Fresno County
• San Joaquin Valley
• Tribes include the Mono, Chukchansi, and other
  local groups

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Effect on Indian Culture

• Tribe stories
• Eagle songs, clans, and dances
• Sacred eagle designs on beadwork and baskets, and
  eagle feathers

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Research

• Biologists inspired by the importance of eagles
  in the Indian community
• Eagles captured for research purposes
• Most eagles are located along the upper reaches
  of the San Joaquin River

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Eagle Capturing

• Difficult because of their talons
• May cause severe wounds with bone-crushing 2,000
  pounds of pressure per square inch
• Daisy, considered one of the largest eagles
  captured, weighing 12 pounds

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History

• Banks of the river
• Area where one of the eighteen treaties made with
  California Indians was signed at Camp Barbout
• Friant Dam built in the 1940s

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Symbolism

• Indian presence in the valley
• Valleys and foothills
• Mountains that date back to the arrival of the
  first white person in the region

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Importance of Naming Birds

• Gives birds personalities
• Makes it easier to remember which bird is which
• Named after local Indians