[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#dcdcdc; padding-bottom:5px; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; border-bottom:none; border-radius:0.4615em 0.4615em 0em 0em; box-shadow:3px 3px 3px #999999;"]http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_23311213/yes-hopi-and-eagles-share-long-relationship[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#f0f0f0; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; border-top:none; border-radius:0em 0em 0.4615em 0.4615em; box-shadow:3px 3px 3px #999999;"]There is no evidence that the small number of eagles and other raptors Hopis gather — by official federal permit — has had any impact on species decline.
Riiiight. 
So killing Eagles has no impact on a species decline. What type of double speak is this. Maybe it did not have a significant impact but more or less implying that it has not had any impact is deceptive at best.
Really though, I don't get the controversy here. Its not an endangered species:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/11/07/eagle.hunt.enn/index.html
I dont see how allowing this would cause an issue so long as the bird is plentiful. If this was an endangered species that would be another story.
If it were a case of an endangered animal then I think the goverment would have a compelling interest to limit their practice. Of course if the birds were endangered I would think the tribe itself would have no issue in limiting the ritual in order to protect the long term survival of the birds and the ritual itself.
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