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tracking an animal. Especially, gloves in the winter, bookbind-
when we explore out terrain and ing, and many other things. Deer
look at animal burrows and dens. skin was used to produce buck-
Learning different ways to pre- skin as well as a chamois-like
pare, scout, or hunt, to include leather. They traded it for things
what animals hunt for during like iron tool, kettle, knives, fire-
their season. arms, ammunition, and gunpow-
der. They also hunted small
Hunting means different things to game animals like rabbits. They
many people, but for my family use weapons as well such as
it’s tradition. To some it is a joy- tomahawks and war clubs.
ous experience, pass-time, or
hobby. To my grandparents it is Bow and arrows were effective
a way of life because they hunt when it came to speed, accura-
as a way to provide cy, stealth, and mobility. War
for the family. clubs were blunt and effective for
For my mom, a quick blow at a close range.
Junior Division Girl it is a way to Tomahawks are flexible weap-
keep our family’s
Grade: 9 Teacher: Mathew Belicek heritage alive and ons in warfare that could be
thrown from a medium distance
Age: 14 School: Waleeka growing. Our land or used in hand-to-hand combat.
Rifles could be fired several
has been hunted for
many generations, since times without reloading. Spears
Hunting Heritage: it allotted to my Native American were used for hunting and fish-
When I go hunting I like to learn ancestors by the United States ing, there not used much in war.
Government. We have a 1929
new things about the animals
with my mom or grandparents. I Remington 30 caliber. My mom Even though we do not use the
used is as her first gun and then
same technique as our ances-
like to spend time with my family
when we are setting up blinds, it was handed to me the first time tors, we still continue to hunt. We
still provide for our family and
I went hunting. We also pass
tree stands, or tripods. My family
makes it easy to enjoy the over- down animal calls and tech- keep traditions alive. We will
teach the generations to come
niques to younger generations.
all process of tracking, cleaning,
and sighting in our guns or get- Sometimes we use our ances- what we learned from the past.
Even if it is just preparing a kill to
ting our hunting sight ready. My
sister and I laugh while putting tors’ ways to hunt when we bow be processed, because this to
hunt but only if we are good at
me is way to keep our heritage
on our camo because of how big shooting. They mostly hunted going for years to come.
they are on us. In the cool morn-
ing air of opening day we wait deer, such as whitetails, or E’co
as they would say but they also
and watch the animals. I feel
calm and happy because we are hunted wild turkeys and fish with
spears. They used the deer for
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