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Who Was Allowed to Wear Feathered Bonnets and What Did They Signify?

by | Feb 4, 2019 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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Who was allowed to wear feathered bonnets and what did they signify? Ken Sellers Evant, Texas Warriors were awarded feathers as the tribe’s acknowledgment of acts of bravery and honor—much like ribbons worn on military dress uniforms today. The meanings of individual feathers range from taking a scalp to counting coup (touching an enemy in battle) to capturing an enemy to being a battle leader to being wounded in battle.


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