The Morality Of Hunting Among Native Americans
November 11, 2010
English 1010 40191
Morality of Hunting Since the beginning of time hunting has supported mankind. It has shaped our many cultures and woven many different spiritual beliefs. The first Americans that crossed the Bering Strait were nomadic hunters in pursuit of game. Native American Indian tribes relied strongly on hunting not only for food but they used animals parts for knives, bowstrings, and clothing. The early Europeans hunted for the same reasons, as did early peoples from across the globe. People even fought each other over hunting grounds. When the first European settlers arrived in the new world, the native Indians attacked to defend their homeland and hunting grounds. French fur traders soon began to exploit …show more content…
The NRA-ILA (National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action) is made up of a team of lobbyists who are constantly fighting to suppress any piece of anti-gun legislation that threatens the 2nd amendment. The 2nd amendment is, for obvious reasons, very important to hunters. It secures the right to gun ownership which is vital to all hunters. The NRA is also actively involved in securing hunting as a legal right, not simply as a privilege. In Oklahoma, the state legislature passed this NRA backed motion with an overwhelming 143-2 vote. The legislature urged voters to go to the polls and they responded with an 80% approval of the motion. Now Arizona, Arkansas, South Carolina, and Tennessee are working to have the right to hunt written into the state constitutions. This goes to show that an, overwhelming majority of people sympathize with hunters or are hunters themselves and wish for the continuance of their …show more content…
It brings together old and young generations with a common goal. Being in the woods with your dad or your grandfather or your friends, sitting in silence until one of you sees your quarry is an experience like no other. It is difficult for a non-hunter to grasp this experience. It comes from a lifetime of exposure to hunting and its many trails and tribulations. With these adversities comes reward, this reward consists not only of materialistic value but it comes with wholehearted emotional satisfaction. Having your dad share a beer with you after a long day of hunting, having your grandfather smear the blood of your first kill on your face, and going out hunting with your friends to put to use the knowledge your dad and grandfather taught you as a young boy is immaculate. Within all hunters burns a flame of passion for the outdoors, which is fueled by the excitement of the hunt and no bureaucrat, no lobbyist, and no organization can ever extinguish this flame, it will burn forever within the hearts and souls of those who respect and are awed by the animals they hunt. This is where I take my
English 1010 40191
Morality of Hunting Since the beginning of time hunting has supported mankind. It has shaped our many cultures and woven many different spiritual beliefs. The first Americans that crossed the Bering Strait were nomadic hunters in pursuit of game. Native American Indian tribes relied strongly on hunting not only for food but they used animals parts for knives, bowstrings, and clothing. The early Europeans hunted for the same reasons, as did early peoples from across the globe. People even fought each other over hunting grounds. When the first European settlers arrived in the new world, the native Indians attacked to defend their homeland and hunting grounds. French fur traders soon began to exploit …show more content…
The NRA-ILA (National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action) is made up of a team of lobbyists who are constantly fighting to suppress any piece of anti-gun legislation that threatens the 2nd amendment. The 2nd amendment is, for obvious reasons, very important to hunters. It secures the right to gun ownership which is vital to all hunters. The NRA is also actively involved in securing hunting as a legal right, not simply as a privilege. In Oklahoma, the state legislature passed this NRA backed motion with an overwhelming 143-2 vote. The legislature urged voters to go to the polls and they responded with an 80% approval of the motion. Now Arizona, Arkansas, South Carolina, and Tennessee are working to have the right to hunt written into the state constitutions. This goes to show that an, overwhelming majority of people sympathize with hunters or are hunters themselves and wish for the continuance of their …show more content…
It brings together old and young generations with a common goal. Being in the woods with your dad or your grandfather or your friends, sitting in silence until one of you sees your quarry is an experience like no other. It is difficult for a non-hunter to grasp this experience. It comes from a lifetime of exposure to hunting and its many trails and tribulations. With these adversities comes reward, this reward consists not only of materialistic value but it comes with wholehearted emotional satisfaction. Having your dad share a beer with you after a long day of hunting, having your grandfather smear the blood of your first kill on your face, and going out hunting with your friends to put to use the knowledge your dad and grandfather taught you as a young boy is immaculate. Within all hunters burns a flame of passion for the outdoors, which is fueled by the excitement of the hunt and no bureaucrat, no lobbyist, and no organization can ever extinguish this flame, it will burn forever within the hearts and souls of those who respect and are awed by the animals they hunt. This is where I take my