Award-winning Tlingit carver Archie Cavanaugh is still reeling from federal charges that threatened to imprison him for 10 years and impose a $100,000 fine—all because he put feathers on his work.

After all, this is the artist best known ... There was a swan dress that was completely embellished with pearls and beads and real ostrich feathers. And there was also a peacock dress.” ...

Not normally known as the basis for works of art, coffins are the latest ... complete with keys and wires, and a Swan Lake ballet themed coffin with real swan feathers and a swan that jumps ...