Eagle Feather Fan VLOG & (kind of) Tutorial

I make my first eagle feather fan and take you along with me, while providing basic instructions.

DISCLAIMER 1: I had no prior experience of fan construction, nor do I have friends or family that have experience with fan construction. I conducted hours of research to find information from several Native sources to learn every detail of fan construction. If you plan to follow my instructions, keep these facts in mind and note mistakes were made in this video. If anything in this video was done “wrong,” or if you have better solutions, ANY AND ALL ADVICE IS WELCOME IN THE COMMENT SECTION for myself and future viewers to learn from. Chi miigwech!!

DISCLAIMER FOR NON-NATIVES: My non-Native audience is welcome to watch this video for entertainment. However, the instructions in this video are meant solely for Indigenous peoples to recreate. Feather fans are deeply spiritual and hold significant meaning to Indigenous people who use them. Do not recreate a feather fan if you are non-Native, even if done so “respectfully”, and especially if done so for a costume.

In addition, please remember that it is illegal for non-Natives to own eagle feathers or parts: https://www.fws.gov/midwest/eagle/eag...

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Fan handles from Wandering Bull: https://wanderingbull.com/shop/craft-...
Fan handles from Noc Bay: http://nocbay.com/prodDetails.asp?ID=...
Fan handles from Sharp’s Indian Store: https://www.sharpsindianstore.com/sto...
“Straightening Feathers” video by nocbaytrading:    • Straightening Feathers  
“Making Regalia Episode 3 Season 2” video about making bustles by Cheyenne and Arapaho Television:    • Making Regalia - Episode 3 - Season 2  
Instructions on how to do threadwork: https://www.powwows.com/how-to-do-thr...
Florette feathers from Crazy Crow Trading Post: https://www.crazycrow.com/exotic-feat...

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Feathers (eagle, hawk, turkey, etc)
Fan handle (links above), or wooden spoon, or homemade handle.
2 wooden dowels, size 3/16
Scissors (regular shears, hair cutting shears, and pinking shears)
Masking tape
Hot iron and ironing surface or lightbulb that gets hot
Heavy books or other large flat objects for weight
Florette feathers (link above)
Tacky glue
Threads of preferred colors (cotton, etc)
Wood filler (NOT GLUE)
Small medicine dropper (for inserting filler into handle) and knife or other scraping object
Leather
Clear gorilla glue (NOT FOAMING)
Small paint brush
Rubber bands
Friends or aunties for advice
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