Feds Grant permit Native American tribe to kill Bald Eagles for religous purposes!

Bald Eagles being our national bird and supposedly protected from being killed for sport, yet it is OK to permit them being hunted for religious purposes!  I think this is outrageous!  The Feds gave this tribe a permit to hunt our national bird, the symbol of our country, because they said it was their religious right!  This is very disappointing!  I understand that Native Americans have several animals and amongst other things that they consider a part of their religous practices.  Yet, if you or I as an everyday American citizen filed for a permit like this it would get denied in an instance.  This tribe has been granted this permit until February 2013, they are responsible for notifying the U.S. Fish and Wildlife department within 24 hours of them killing a bald eagle.  I may be over thinking this or being overly dramatic about this, but I think this is totally WRONG!  If some everyday person went out and killed this "federally protected" bird, they would end up in jail and be fined an outrageous amount.  I just think that this is total crap! Just because someone says it is a part of their religious practices doesn't mean that they should be allowed to break a law that was put in to place for the simple fact to protect this species from being extinction!