The Eagle Huntress takes flight
January 23, 2016
Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl from Mongolia who is the subject of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival documentary The Eagle Huntress, and her mom greeted their new Sundance fans at the Kimball Art Center Friday. Representatives from the Native American Comanche tribe in Oklahoma Celebrated her arrival with one of their golden eagles and a special naming ceremony. (Nan Chalat/Park Record)
Representatives of the Comanche Native American tribe honored Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl from Mongolia who is the subject of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival documentary "The Eagle Huntress," by giving her a Comanche name in a special ceremony held Jan. 22 in Park City. The ceremony was meant to acknowledge the bond between the nomadic tribes of Mongolia and America.
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