#eagle feather headdress

[colonel-chicken]

Hurik ! I don't draw her nearly enough - she's supposed to be the Main Character™ of my big story, but I keep focusing on other assholes instead. Sorry girl ! I'm trying new things with her design, mostly with her crest.

[prairie-tales]

Native American war bonnet made with golden eagle feathers, weasel skins, glass beads and dressed hide.

Belonged to Chief Sitting Bull of the Lakota Sioux tribe, c. 1870.

Source: Royal Ontario Museum.

[raleksd]

(via "UNIQUE RED NATIVE AMERICAN ART CHIEF HEADDRESS EAGLE TOTEM PATTERN " Graphic T-Shirt for Sale by Frantz CIALEC)

[divinum-pacis]

Lakota Trinity by the late artist Father John Giuliani

"In this image, the great Father—Wakan Tanka—appears with a full headdress of eagle feathers in a halo of light.

His open hands deliver the Son, a victorious Sioux warrior whose raised arms and open hands reflect a similar gesture of self-giving.

He wears a richly decorated buckskin war shirt—heavily fringed, beaded and painted with the four color circle of the universe as its breast plate.

The eagle represents the Holy Spirit and completes the spiral of trinitarian love and unity."

From the Catholic Extension Society.

[death---dealer]

Out of all my ideas ( Which are going into a set of Noa x Reader Imagines, part three babey ) there is one I think I might wanna make a oneshot for purely out of explaining in more depth. Or maybe it'll eventually make its way into the Customary Series, IDK what to do with half the ideas I have okay lol. Let me shoot the idea at you guys, that I hope was good because I was high as a kite when I thought of it: SO like. Obviously, marriage is a (slightly) different concept for the Apes. It means the same as with humans, being bound to one for the rest of your life with love, adoration and protectiveness, but there's no paper/documentation/anything like that in their society but just imagine like? A ceremony of sorts? Like, maybe the night before you mate for the first time? ESP. With Noa because he's you know. The Leader of the Eagle Clan. The future. It's incredibly celebrated. MAAYBE THERE's a blessing from Dar as she accepts you into their family unit. Bless of the fruit that you two share, bless the nest, you two ACTUALLY TOUCH FOREHEADS IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE CLAN FOR THE FIRST TIME, you're absolutely decked out in finely and intricately detailed pieces of gear. Headdress, arm bands, a sash around your waist. Noa is wearing a matching set, maybe small details of his role of the Eagle Clan tied in there in the prospect of feathers, etc. IDK just an idea dkafdklsf

[whencyclopedia]

The Sioux who Married the Crow Chief's Daughter

The Sioux who Married the Crow Chief's Daughter is a legend of the Lakota Sioux about Chief Big Eagle who left his people to marry a woman of the enemy Crow nation but never forgot the duties owed to his own people. The story highlights the values of personal honor and integrity.

It is also cited as an example of the practice of 'counting coup' and its importance in Native American warfare, of the value of horses in the tradition of the Plains Indians Culture, the challenges of inter-tribal marriages, and how members of different tribes who spoke different languages communicated with each other through signs.

The story is among the most popular of the Lakota Sioux and frequently anthologized as it is, at once, a love story, an adventure tale, and provides insight into the Plains Indians Culture.

Counting Coup

Historically, counting coup was a highly respected tradition of establishing one's reputation as a warrior for bravery and skill in battle. The warrior sought to touch an enemy, without killing him, either with the hand, a spear or lance, one's bow, a knife, or the object known as a coup stick – a wooden rod sometimes curved at the end. It was considered more honorable to disgrace an enemy warrior by counting coup on him than by killing him although the first 'coup' might then lead to his death in a second engagement.

The practice would be similar to tagging someone in a game. A warrior had to get close enough to the opponent to touch him and then get away before retaliation. A true 'coup' was struck when the warrior returned from its delivery unscathed. If one were successful, one could then place a notch in one's coup stick and/or place an eagle feather in one's headdress. One's opponent was understood to have been shamed and defeated by the coup and might leave the field of battle. If he refused to and was then killed by the same warrior who had counted coup on him, that was understood as a second coup, and if the dead man were then scalped, that constituted a third coup, just as then taking the man's horse became a fourth.

The greatest warriors – of the Sioux as well as other Plains Indians nations – were recognized by the number of notches on their coup sticks, feathers in a headdress, or other talismans indicating the number of opponents one had counted coup against successfully. Scholar Adele Nozedar comments:

The greatest honor was that initial touch, that contact with the living enemy. This was considered to be even more important than the killing. Considering this logically, it takes more nerve to have physical contact with a foe than it does to kill him from a distance, say, with a bow and arrow, or with a bullet from a gun. (117)

In the story, Big Eagle is respected by both his own people and the Crow nation he marries into for going into battle armed only with a coup stick. Although he participates in the war parties of the Crow against the Sioux, he refuses to kill his own people. In striking them with the coup stick, they become 'fallen' but have not been killed.

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[misspjsuperior]

Tonantzin Guadalupe 🌵🌹

The original \/u| \//\ goddess I created in 2013 is Maria Rosa. Her design was inspired in major part between the miracle of La Virgen de Guadalupe and the concept of Mary Queen of Heaven.

I was recently commissioned to create a new (\/) Goddess inspired similarly between Guadalupe and Tonantzin by my chingona hermana Janet Bella Rosa who also knew Mi padrino Antonio 🙏 I felt his spirit guiding me to connect our visions! 💞

Tonantzin is an enduring Nahuatl title for the maternal aspect of any Aztec goddess, much like “Our Lady”, rather than the name of a particular goddess. I chose a blue background to parallel Her starry mantle of heaven and also represent Lake Texcoco since the eagle, snake, and cactus from its story of the founding of ancient Mexico there are present. 💙🌵 

Tonantzin in various forms is frequently depicted with eagle feet so I thought it appropriate to have the legendary golden eagle clutch the silvery moon below Her in place of Guadalupe’s cherub 🦅 🌙 Tonantzin is often known, by many names, to wear a skirt of snakes- the celestial Aztec earth mother Coatlicue’s particular name translates to “She of Snake Skirts”. So I couldn’t help but see the snake emerge from the opening in Her folds here. Frequently in Aztec art snakes emerging from or replacing body parts represents blood so I feel a menstrual element from how the snake manifested in this vision 🐍 🩸

Many believe that the apparition of La Virgen de Guadalupe on Tepeyac Hill unto St. Juan Diego, an Indigenous peasant originally named Cuauhtlatoatzin meaning “Talking Eagle”, was a vision of a new form of Tonantzin. Her local temple had formerly been on that very site, destroyed by conquistadors. When Cuauhtlatoatzin received these holy visions, the Goddess spoke to him not in Spanish but in his native Nahuatl language even though She identified Herself as The Virgin Mother of God. Even the Church documents testify that The Holy Mother assured him in his moment of doubt, in his Indigenous tongue, “Am I not here who am your Mother?” Indeed Tonantzin Coatlicue herself is said to have had her own divine conception via a feather 🪶 

The miraculous vision of Guadalupe that appeared upon Juan Diego/Talking Eagle’s tilma is often seen as a self portrait by Her and there are many analyses of the visual element’s encoding of Aztec symbolism. I took these theories and insights into consideration while creating this vision.

Even within the suppression of Spanish colonization ancient indigenous Mexican Curanderismo healing practices were able to persevere and often in the name of La Virgen de Guadalupe, under the protection of Her image.

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“At home, on the evening of December 12th we may light a candle and place offerings of flowers, copal and chocolate in front of her statue or painting. In the public square, those who follow the Mexica spiritual tradition will join brothers and sisters for an all-night vigil of prayer, Danza, offerings, and songs to her, who is Tonantzin Tlalli Coatlicue, who was always honored at the hill of Tepeyac. As we salute the Four Winds and dance in the ceremonial circle, we honor those who have gone before us, the courageous people who kept traditions alive through the centuries despite the threat to their life if discovered. The feathers in the copilli, the ceremonial headdress worn by the dancers, will draw down the energy of the cosmos into Mother Earth, our beautiful Tonantzin Tlalli Coatlicue to help her heal from the many ways she is dishonored.

Nearby, children will play and laugh, faces smeared with the traces of candy and the cinnamon of churros, the delicious deep fried pastry covered with sugar and cinnamon while the sound of mariachi music adds to the feeling of a fusion of cultures and beliefs. If you wander the crowded street you will see a handful of Catholic pilgrims on their knees on the hard pavement slowly make their way to the entrance of the church in gratitude for answered prayers.

And, in spite of quiet official church disapproval, the local parish priest will invite Indigenous ceremonial dancers to participate during the special December 11-12 mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Inside the church, for a few moments, Mayan copal will blend with European frankincense, quetzal feathers will dance on the air, and elders with bundles of aromatic rosemary plants will cleanse the People’s spirit. The two cultures, reconciled at this moment, acknowledge their bond of love for the Woman Who is Cloaked with the Sun; a bridge of Light between peoples.”

Maestra Grace via Curanderismo.org

[adobe-outdesign]

taking you to jail for not doing braviary as you said in my ask /j

(I screwed up and forgot to do this one so we'll do it now)

The U.S. Region obviously needed a bald eagle Pokemon, and we got one in the form of the (all-male for some strange reason) Rufflet line.

Rufflet itself is much more adorable in the 2D artwork than it actually ever looks in the games—something about the little face and fluffiness gives it a silly quality. However, beyond that, it's fairly generic. The colors are nice and the design works well enough, but lack of a real theme at this stage drags it down a bit. The only hint we have is the single feather on the head and the surrounding white fluff, which leads into...

Braviary, which is much more bald eagle-ish than its pre-evo. According to some interviews, it seems like this bonnet is intentionally based off of indigenous headdresses. On the one hand, it's kind of under-emphasized for the most important part of the design... but on the other hand, they also said in that interview that it colors are based off the U.S. flag, and considering colonization it's probably best if they don't lean into any indigenous visuals.

Outside of that, it's pretty straightforward; bald eagle, flag colors, done. It's not bad or anything, but it doesn't stand out nearly as much as its counterpart the Vullaby line, which had much stronger concepts and visuals with their bone motifs.

Thankfully, Hisuian Braviary is honestly better across the board. First, no awkward mixing of indigenous imagery and with U.S.A. iconography—the headdress is now a pair of psychic-energy eyes, which gives it a distinct theme, and the flag colors have become a simple black and white monotone.

In fact, it's not even a bald eagle anymore. The white head still makes its connection to Braviary obvious, but the overall patterns and pallet now resemble a Steller's sea eagle. This is a nice touch that further differentiates it from the original design.

My only complaint is that the head feathers feel just a little too fluffy without the longer feathers there; it might have helped if the fluff around the legs was white too, or if the tail was fluffier. Otherwise, this design is a solid improvement.

Also, I don't normally mention shinies in these reviews, but I have to give a special shout out to Hisuian Braviary's shiny. I'm lucky enough to have one in PLA, and it is stunningly gorgeous. The monotone black body allows the all-blue psychic eyes to pop compared to the white head feathers, and the black color also reduces unnecessary detail from the markings. It's also a nice biology reference, as Steller's sea eagles have a very rarely concurring dark morph.

Anyway, as a whole: this line is decent. Rufflet's very cute but a bit lacking in concept, and while Braviary has a bit more going on with it, it's ultimately beaten out by its Hisuian variant, which is the strongest of the three designs.

[bees-bees-fear]

Would it be offensive to put feathers in Halsin's hair?

Context below

I wanna make Halsin look more Native American

His cheekbones are cut in a certain way that inspired me

I also find Aelar (at the Grove) to be more attractive (and green!) and it made me wish Halsin were actually attractive. I think they tried to make his face reminiscent of a bear and it looks strange to me. Fanart often omits the details I don't like, so it seems at least subconsciously agreed on.

I have actors Rodney A. Grant and Michael Spears open for reference (there was another but when I did an actual Google for him JUST now he's an abuser so nvm)(anybody have a good reference that isn't an actor? When I look for images it's all AI)

But alas, I am white. I'm fully behind making him look indigenous in general, but I know with him being a druid, it's basically a trope. It's the cheekbones man. But I don't know if feathers are appropriate. From what I can tell, basically just not eagle feathers (and obviously not a headdress. I was thinking 2 sticking to the side from the back of the head, or tied into his hair, but that seems to be a women's thing.)

In my experience, native Americans love to share their culture and aren't actually easily offended by "cultural appropriation" (unless it's actually disrespectful to traditions). But I'm nervous.

I'm looking at just giving him a tight braid down his back, or 2 resting on either shoulder. If I can't make the physics work, then he'll just have straight black hair.

Any input appreciated

[littlefeather-wolf]

Black Foot, Standing Bear, Big Eagle

Denver Public Library Special Collections

Creator : Rinehart, F. A. (Frank A.)

Date : 1898

Three Native American (Sioux) men, identified as Black Foot, Standing Bear, and Big Eagle pose near tepees ... Black Foot and Big Eagle are facing, Standing Bear is in profile. Each man holds a rifle next to him ... Black Foot wears moccasins, leggings, a breech cloth, an animal hide vest decorated with disks, a necklace, glasses, and a headdress ...Standing Bear wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a fringed and beaded shirt, and an ornate headdress ... Big Eagle wears moccasins, leggings, a print shirt, a hair pipe breastplate, eagle feathers in his hair, and holds a fur covered staff in his other hand ... Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress, Omaha, Nebraska ... Dakota Indians--Clothing and dress; Indians of North America; Tipis; Big Eagle; Black Foot; Standing Bear, Luther, 1868 ...

[charring58]

Unknown #Blackfeet artist, Headdress, ca. 1870, Stroud cloth, quills, ermine, horsehair, Golden Eagle feathers, Gift

[rinshey46]

( Fictional Afro Indigenous Character) ( The Warriors 1979 ) Cochise Powwow Headcanon

Cochise's first outfit made for him is a Grass style, why because the outfit is pretty easy to start off with ribbons and the outfit can be packed away in a small luggage. 

Cochise in his early teens stayed Dancing Grass style soon adding eagle feathers to his porcupine hair roach and more beads/ribbons hanging on his beaded headband and beadwork accessories on his outfit

Cochise only wears his small Beadwork Jewelry for special occasions like celebrating events and festivals. he is being careful with his beadwork cuz some small beads can get expensive and take time like months to repair. I doubt he’ll wear it when he has to fight unless he has no choice and risks damaging his beadwork jewelry. He still keeps his loop necklace on

Cochise has strips of leather which I think the strips of leather are replacements for the ribbons cuz leather is stronger and unlike ribbons that easily rip off his headband and leave proof of evidence and that is bad for him with the gang he runs with

Cochise admires Traditional style and sets a goal the make his own Traditional style outfit first is his “loop necklace”. 

I have a question: is Cochise's character design inspired by the Dog Soldier headdress? man's Traditional style dancer outfit with “Dog Soldiers Headdress” Which is why he has a lot of feathers on his headband with leather strings beads and maybe fur too

The short comic was inspired by my memories of when I was a little kid dancing in the jr. category in powwows while waiting with my older sibling and cousins at the Powwows Grand Entry we walked past a Man Traditional Dancer and looking up close was intimidating at first but you soon grew into it. the outfits looks really cool. The one in the comic is a “Traditional style dancer with Dog soldiers headdress”

[emblematicemblazer]

World building and theories of Engage

Citrinne's fashion

Citrinne's name comes from the yellow variety of quartz called 'citrine'. Her name comes from the Old French word for 'lemon'. In Scotland, between 300 and 150 BC, citrine was found in the handles of swords and daggers as ornamentation and because the stone was believed to offer protection. It is also associated with success and wealth.

Citrinne flashes her noble status with feathers, gemstones and gold. In her hair she adorns unnecessary decoration. One of the clips does little to keep her hair out of her face nor do they have a practical purpose; instead they are a symbol of her excess. The adornment of feathers  was a practice respected and observed in Scotland. Feathers in bonnets or the hair were displayed with the quill part hidden and the wide part in display. Traditionally an eagle feather was displayed to show rank and heraldry. It is likely that Citrinne uses feathers in the same way. 

Down her arms he wears a mentelet which is a short cape often emanating from interesting decorative sleeves and elaborate ends which were worn by women. Citrinne's elaborate ends are made up of gold, feathers and red fabric. The drape, shawl effect comes down from torc positioned ringlets around the arm in a good and diamond design. The fabric used would have been an expensive fabric, likely silk. 

Citrinne's girdle belt is elaborate as her wealth would allow. She has gold, stud details, woven decorations and gemstones on her waistline to show off her status. The two decorative pendant mounts could also be a place for her to hang her purse. Her dress has no pockets to do so. 

Underneath her dress she wears a chemise to protect her dress from sweat and body oils. It is likely that her chemise is pieces together by thin, smooth, fine linen for breathability and comfort.

Her dress is a sleeveless, ankle length garment with modest tailoring rather than a rigid structure. The flowing garment has a distinctive border to protect the edge from fraying. The design is similar to the clan of the Brodian royal family. The female version of tartan was often simpler in design. 

Another expensive item she wears is her hoses. They resemble a tight fitting modern pair of thighs.  Most hoses would be baggy and constructed of cheap materials. The fact that Citrinne's rights are form fitting adds to the expense. It is likely that they are woven from fine wool for warmth. Her boots are also expensive and would be worn for riding her horses. 

The stones seen in her and other Brodian nobles accessories could be red jasper, also known as the 'warrior's stone's in Scotland, which is said to encourage strength, focus and determination.

For her casual wear she adorns a jacket over a dress. The jacket has furry cuffs and collar to keep her warm. It is a shorter jacket designed to empathise her skin waist. She adorns similar belts to the battling attire so she can carry purses and weaponry with her while keeping her hands free. She wears elaborate gold jewellery featuring a bejewelled medallion necklace, a good choker, jewelled headdress and gold earrings. The hoops represent Alcryst and Diamant. The triangular crescent is a symbol of the moon (Alcryst and ignes) and the circular hoop is a symbol of the sun (Diamant and sol). Her red court shoes are subtle, less pointy nod to poulaines which were worn by the wealthy in medieval times.

[meeks-just-wants-to-scroll]

hey man this is coming from a native, PLEASE research portraying native characters, the feathers in the hair being the only 'cultural' signifier like. :(

I would be happy to talk in dm about this if you’d like!

I can understand the misunderstanding, I am aware of the stereotypical presentation of native people using an eagle feather headband or headdress.

I could have stated it somewhere that Malt is not native. He isn’t stated or implied to be native in his story.

The feathers are decorative and are a part of his story. He is a hunter and he shot a kestrel and felt bad afterwards so to not let the blood of the animal be in vain, he took two of its feathers and kept them with him as he traveled. The feather later grew to represent his brother and his family who he had to leave behind.

I am open to a conversation on this if what I have done was overstepping, I am happy to learn and grow from mistakes.

[empyreanemissary]

10/3/24

The lady above, a delicate thing.

Swirls, great swathes of fabric dresses, trails of feathers. Each feather is an eye, each trailing at the end of silver hairline threads of experiential awareness. The eyes wobble, warping in and out of three-dimensional obligations. This is a mirage of separation, the wife and the husband are but mirrors of one another - Zeus, jealous King, splits other couples so that they cannot walk as he does.

She is her headdress of flaming sundogs and her heels of wicked hail. The softness of her body emerges in voluptuous, well-fed clouds drunk on rainwater. She grasps at his attention, a bloodhound after every expression and every change in movement.

A body gives off popping colours and electromagnetic suggestions and needles full of loom-tied threads which pierce into the Tapestry and reshape it, making it in our own image like corpse stains on carpet; she bears it, grasps, fondles, caresses, pulls at the form like hot candy and reshapes its expulsions like droplets shape rainbows.

In each and every molecule is an entire Universe, and they are understanding of it. The Self and the Other, the man and his reflection. Here: Full-breasted but untouchable, the goddess stands as tall and as erect as he, vicious hawk’s eyes centred, her thighs split only into the channels through which lightning must flow. But here is the secret: Two are one.

There is no Zeus without wives, women, without mothers and daughters, without attendees and revolutionaries. He is the bitter jealous, four-armed ruler, four-legged lover, centipedal force of the Sun and Moon’s confined, vivid coupling. He is the immensity of the pregnant spring sky which cries out from the weight of its own blackness, bending, swirling into thunderous shapes and collapsing into the Earth. She is this too: She follows, hounds, calls, arrests, ties to the marital bed; she is his body that aches and swoops as the eagle with its fishhook claws…

[lickmystamp]

US postage stamp, 1990 "Indian Headdresses" Scott #2501 - #2505 Issued: August 17, 1990 - Cody, WY Quantity: 123,825,600 Designer: Lunda Hoyle Gill Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Lithographed and engraved) The Indian Headdress stamps were the first in the Folk Art Series to be issued as booklets. The headdresses were prized personal possessions, generally created by the warrior himself, and were usually buried with their owner at death. The headdresses were made from such materials as eagle and turkey feathers, beads, fur, hair tassels, and animal skins.