Conn. tribe to hold ceremony for downed bird

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2003

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut will hold a burial ceremony for a red-tail hawk that was recently killed at an airport.

The bird died as a plane was taking off at the Providence, Rhode Island, airport. Workers called the Pequot Tribe, which agreed to hold a special ceremony.

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Tribe to bury hawk killed at airport (The Providence Journal 1/17)
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