Turkeys feathers

 Ah, the lowly turkey.

Eaten traditionally on Thanksgiving by Americans, because the species was domesticated by AmerIndians.

Thought Company has an article on the history of their domestication.

The wild turkey (M. gallopavo) is indigenous to much of the eastern and southwestern US, northern Mexico, and southeastern Canada. ...The ocellated turkey (Agriocharis ocellata or Meleagris ocellata) is considerably different in size and coloration ... is native to the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico and into northern Belize and Guatemala and is... more resistant to domestication but was among the turkeys kept in pens by the Aztecs as described by the Spanish. 

Modern turkeys however are related to the wild turkeys still found in the woods of the eastern USA, but by breeding they are domesticated....article on wild turkey vs domesticated turkey.

in contrast the ocellated turkey lives mainly in the forests of Central America. Photo and information from Animal spot.

more on the ocellated turkey here.

and yes, although domestic turkeys don't fly, the wild turkeys can fly short distances.

so how were these various turkeys used?

 Turkeys were used by Precolumbian North American societies for a number of things: meat and eggs for food, and feathers for decorative objects and clothing. 

italics mine.

I always assumed the feathers were used as decorations, but actually it gets more complicated than that.

From Phys.org:

scientists examined an 800 year old turkey blanket and the scientist remarks:

"Blankets or robes made with turkey feathers as the insulating medium were widely used by Ancestral Pueblo people in what is now the Upland Southwest, but little is known about how they were made because so few such textiles have survived due to their perishable nature,"

here is a video about turkeys and turkey feather use, and tells us how the blanket was made. Hmm...maybe the scientist should have asked one of the locals before making that statement.