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Also a crude little bald eagle was drawn and colored on it😊

lol yes from the outsider looking in it might look like eagle soup haha. but there is something really nice about the smell of wildlife working with sacred animal parts its very earthy. my fav is drying praire sage. but the smell of oils on feathers and bones is pretty cool too. your daughter sounds like a handful haha

@@daveerik75 yes the smells can be interesting indeed. I too love drying sage. One thing I’ve wanted to do was collect sweet grass. Soon I’ll be working on a buffalo hide I was gifted. Going to do a brain tan on it. I had to salt it and put it up for a bit while moving and trying to set up a new shop so I’m hoping that it will still accept the brain. If not I’ll have to go for a bark tan. We’ll see….

She was a handful. She’s 15 now and is a pretty darn good kid though.

@@RunningWater-ew2mv that’s so cool!

beautiful!! thats the best morning ever. i like juveniles their feathers have such neat markings

@daveerik75 I understand, I can't share pictures here. There are times they allow me to sit close with them and meditate, we take in the sunrises together

@@danh1206 yeah some moments just aren't meant to be captured on camera! i wish i had a camera that could do wildlife justice. i just use my iphone and its sucky

@daveerik75 I hear ya. I have Samsung for that very reason. It does fairly good job if you get close. My kids and wife want to get me a camera, but I told them then I'll start looking for pictures. I get some good ones from time to time when things just happen, meant to be lol

@@danh1206 if you snoop around the base of trees and bushes you might find some feathers or animal carcass to cure and make crafts from! i'm hoping to look for shed antlers this year. even a nice elk rack would be sweet

haha nice brother! I don't like using plastics of any kind. Did you look at some graphite or carbon fiber tubes like 6mm or 7mm? just a need a hacksaw. it's thinner and stronger and not plastic. I've made them out of cedar branches, just core it out, bamboo, pvc

Thanks! Maybe you can work with me on some of this stuff in 2025

@@rudysil4317 thank you for watching have a great day!

@@DanielleDunlop-ez8ct thank you!

@@danh1206 good question. I was taught to tie a triple simple knot and then melt it with a lighter and tap it down

@@cherylblankenship3833 thanks for watching!

its just a simple over-under stitch. i was considering a different stich but simple is always good. especially for indigenous crafts. its basically a single strand baseball stich

@daveerik75 yes, I agree keep it simple. I have a cedar branch waiting to become something. I made a pipe stem out of the last piece I had. Be nice to watch you put a design on the rattle head sometime. Take care, peace.

@ cool! I prefer birch but where I live cedar is a way of life. Cedar people. Cedar is soft and once you shape and rough sand it you should stain it and then fine sand it. Cedar fiber is more loose and soft I find. I will be doing some smaller rawhide stuff where I plan to use leather dye for a design. I will video it for you and post it

@daveerik75 i made a necklace out of cedar for my grandson. I fine sanded to 2500 grit. Then sealed with bees wax. Nothing fancy just let the grain speak. It turned out nice he enjoyed. Can't wait to see the video, enjoy your day

@@sheilaborge5948 thank you Sheila!

two options you can buy a small square of ply (birch or walnut are the nicest) and have it precut at home depot they don't charge you extra.The runners I use are pine and i just use a handsaw to cut those. You can also use a skil saw 20v to cut the tops. everything else is done by hand. I also have a 18v power drill to install hardware

@daveerik75 thanks, those boxes look nice

@ thank you!

@@danh1206 oh nice! Yes they mate for life. If they are around you can look around the ground and collect eagle feathers. If you take them to a local First Nations they would appreciate it! Very nice 👍

@daveerik75 i stumbled into your videos, I really enjoy watching them. Thanks for posting

@@danh1206 thank you I appreciate it!

I am in Oregon and found a beautiful owl someone hit and unfortunately he did not survive 😢. What do I need to do to legally obtain this beautiful animal? I would like to preserve parts of it and respectfully bury the rest of it. I do not have a Native registration however I am part Native American. I want to honor and respect the traditions. What should I do with this beautiful creature?

@ well for now I would freeze it because it will decompose if you don’t. Sadly I doubt you would be able to keep it. But I would call fish and wildlife and tell them you are native and want to preserve a dead bird. You will have to follow the laws unfortunately whatever they decide. That’s just my humble opinion I am not An authority on anything.

@@sian3608 you can. Salt won’t remove the decaying smell if you have a lot of meat on the wings. That’s why borax is such a good way it removes odour and sucks up all moisture. I know someone who uses a mix of salt and borax. You could soak them first before curing but don’t steam them until you are 100% cured

@@robertredden4429 the USA levied huge fines and jail time for use of protected migratory birds without proper authority. It’s to prevent poaching which is a serious issue. I think it’s a little over the top as I dont feel like finding feathers on the ground should land you in jail. They naturally molt off the bird. But conservation officers wouldn’t be able to tell if you picked them out of the forest or if you shot and killed a protected bird. So they have these really strict laws in place.

@@robertredden4429 if you are from the USA then you are correct you can’t possess or collect eagle feathers. You have to apply to the repository. In Canada you have to have indigenous ID (Métis or First Nation) or apply through wildlife ministry so you are right for certain areas. I have ID and wildlife permits and verbal consent from local nations and an indigenous land warden who guides and directs us in proper legal and protocol

@@robertredden4429 it is if you have govt issue ID and approval from local nations, ministry, govt and also you have treaty status. You need to be informed about legislation before you make blanket statements that aren’t true

@@zhaneranger I believe any type of feather can be used. I’ve used turkey, Hawk, eagle, raven, seagul, Canadian goose….i use all kinds for dreamcatchers talking sticks smudge fans or feathers. I made a really cool fan using part of a goose wing, little raven feathers and an orange wing from a flicker I put it all together and it came out super cool! Wish I had kept it

@@Nothanks450 I’m from Canada so riles may be different. Usa has very strict rules and I believe all natives have to apply through the repository. In Canada you would apply through fish and wildlife

@@daveerik75 interesting, very nice video. I find little bird feathers sometimes, I think finch

@@Nothanks450 ground cedar, white sage and lavender buds. I make all kinds of blends I think I have a video of some.

@@daveerik75 thank you, will look on your page for it. I have very much enjoyed what I have watched thus far. Very kind to share your medicine

Very wise response friend

You have to ask your elders for them they're the only ones who have that right to pass things down, don't give up

I wish it was that easy we live on the Navajo reservation is hardly in the eagles here or should I say there's none

@@PacciaDiValle thanks for reaching out. It’s possible. Do you have an email?

Thank you! I hope you find lots of feathers on our journey :)

@@matthewwarfield4302 yeah I’ve used everything from bamboo, cedar and birch small branches I cored out, antler, deer bones (hate drilling bone period) … but at the end of the day, it’s just a wrap you can pull it off at anytime and the feather itself is unharmed. So it’s all just decoration. If it were to be traditional, real sinew wrap and that’s about it. Most traditionalists don’t even wrap the feather. 🪶

@@kaylat060889 that’s super cool! Yes please do! I love blue jays I wonder why so many must be leaving them to you for a good reason! 😊

@@daveerik75 I’m not sure but when I look up what they mean a lot of it sounds similar to my characteristics as well as my grandmother who passed who ironically who lived in a place where blue jays frequented her back yard. I have a question the tea pot I have is newer do you think boiling water in a regular pot for steam would work

@@kaylat060889 yeah i used to use an old camping pot on the stove for this as well. It doesnt work as well and if you used a little pair of spliers so your hands dont get hot

@@daveerik75 when I get to that point I’ll give you an update

Thank you

beautiful! what kind of birds? bird is the word I heard

Wish I could claim it as my own but it’s just a generalized concept I heard over the years. Thanks safe journey!