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According to the Paul D Frost website, Red-tails are a sign of good luck according to the Mescalero Apaches. They are usually treated with great reverence and considered to be sacred. According to artwork found my archaeologists we can assume that they felt almost as if they were "spiritual messengers, intermediaries between the all-powerful gods and benighted humans, fated to act out the gods' bidding without understanding" It appears that, in general, Native American tribes felt they were a good omen, or spiritually good but it differs from tribe to tribe.

For more information you can visit this website:

http://www.pequotmuseum.org/Home/CrossPaths/CrossPathsSpring2003/TheSacredMessengers.htm

On the flip side, Red-tailed hawks were believed to be routine killers of chickens for a long period of time, gaining them the nick name "Chickenhawks".

Source: http://www.oregonzoo.org/Cards/BirdsOfPrey/redtailedhawk.htm

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