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To: average joe who wrote (90820)	12/7/2004 7:29:13 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I read the urls you provided. They mostly portray minor hunting abuses, some hunting for profit (not surprising among really poor, sustenance hunters) and some resentment by non-Indians. I didn't see anything about herds of buffalo being driven off cliffs. I did a web search to see if I could find it that way, and I couldn't. Could you provide a url that specifically deals with killing whole herds of buffalo? I would also note that native peoples always have driven herds of very large animals off cliffs when they could, so it is a natural hunting practice. The question would be whether they are using all the meat, the skins, etc. as they did historically. The Indians have always dried meat for later, of course. This is what I think makes the most sense from what you cited: "Of course, the abuses are the ones that the most is heard about. Little or nothing is heard of the majority of the Indian people who follow their traditional methods of conservation, hunting only for the food they need." It is kind of difficult, having made treaties, not to honor them regarding their hunting provisions. Settlers have had a very, very long history of breaking treaties. I think if Indian hunting were really threatening species, Indians themselves would regulate the hunters' behavior, since their tribes are collectives and it is in their self interest. Having said all that, I think it's important to note that the U.S. Army drove herds of buffalo off cliffs so the Indians would all starve to death during the late 19th century. Now the spirits of the remaining few are sometimes broken, and they are plagued with alcoholism and drug addiction, and I am sure there are individuals who no longer are in touch with the animal spirits, and indeed do not hunt as reverently as their ancestors did. I'm not sure what to do about that, since they have been irreparably harmed. Coming down with a lot of restrictions seems counter productive. The number of Indians in law school is growing, as is the affluence of some tribes. Hopefully they will self regulate as their general standard of living and knowledge of the bigger world and its conservation practices grows.