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OGDEN, Utah (AP) -- An Ogden medicine man is facing federal charges for possessing bald eagle, red-tailed hawk and horned owl feathers without a permit.
Nicholas Walter Stark is also facing charges of unlawfully importing a jaguar skull.
Court documents show Weber County deputies found the feathers in Stark's home back in July of 2000, while they were searching for peyote.
Stark told authorities he was one-quarter Iroquois, but did not have a tribal card.
In October, Stark called the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service about the return of his property.
During the conversation, he told an agent he used the feathers for his ceremonies and work as a shaman but that he was not a registered tribe member.
On Friday, prosecutors filed the charges in U-S District Court.
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