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Show Eagle Exhibit at BYU toBYUby70pm. On Monday, March 3, there will be a caharal night at which Indian students will explain the significance and symbolism of the eagle in Native America culture and legend. Ken Sekaquaptewa, a veteran member of the Lam-anite Lam-anite Generation, BYUs American Am-erican Indian-Latin American-Polynesian American-Polynesian performing group, will be master of ceremonies. Other members of the Laman-ite Laman-ite Generation will perform dances illustrating the eagle's place in Indian hie. There is no admission charge. For centuries, eagles soaring soar-ing serenely above mountain crags have symbolized strength and majesty to mankind. Yet human encroachment en-croachment has become a threat to the very existence of the mighty bird. An exhibit to be displayed at Brigham Young University's Univer-sity's Monte L. Bean Life Science ' Museum beginning Monday, February 1 1 , covers both aspects of the bird's life, - from its power to its peril. "American Eagle: Symbol for Survival" comes from the Smithsonian Institution Trav-. eling Exhibition Service (SITES). It offers views of the : eagle in history and symbol-ism, symbol-ism, in habits and life cycle, y and in survival and the needs for protection, said Karren B. Barley, exhibits preparator at : the museum. She and other museum personnel are currently cur-rently arranging the exhibit on the museum's third level. There wilj be ceremonies to open the exhibit Monday, as ,well as special activities. including a field trip, during its stay at BYU. The exhibit will be on display through March 15, Mrs. Barley said. v-: y It contains more than 80 large color and . black and ' white photographs by nature photographer Victor Banks. It also includes maps, illustrations illustra-tions and textual material. To complement the Smithsonian exhibit, the Bean Museum will be displaying two mounted bald eagle specimens, a juvenile and an adult. ; The first : special activity associated with the exhibit will .' be a field trip to view nesting eagles near Fairfield, on the west side of Utah Lake. The February 23 trip is open to the public; there will be a $2 fee I for transportation. Those desiring de-siring to register for the field trip should call the museum, 1 378-5051, by February 20; They will meet at the museum at 4:00pm February 23 and travel in vans to the Fairfield area. Guides in each van will offer information about the eagles. The, party will; return |