It is indeed a special honor to be excepted as an honorary member of a tribe, like Texas mcCoy said ,but is very wrong about the feather. this site tells everything you want to know. One who is not native american is not allowed to have in their poce...
Could be feather cysts. Not very common with cockatiels, more so with canaries. It is kind of like an ingrown hair, where it bubbles up and grows into itsself. It is kinda gross, but if you can see a feather stickin out, more than likely its a feathe...
To be honest Ive never had problems with Hibees (I'm a Tim), My dad and his side of the family were all hibees, My great Uncle Jimmy used to play for them. I remember even as a kid when ever Celtic visited Easter Road my dad would take me to the game...