Cree Hunters of Mistassini - video
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Ardent
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In short you can’t clump it all together into “they”. There are a ton of different tribes with completely different beliefs, and languages in Canada. Coastal Haida and Haisla here in BC have about as much in common with Quebec Cree as you do with Mexicans. The beliefs on bears, origins stories, and all vary dramatically from region to region. Most tribes include those locally who venerate bears still hunt them, as well.
StansfieldMcElroy
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A great documentary I watched just a few weeks back. YouTube has a lot, if not all, the episodes of the great series The Canadians which focuses on some of our less prominent figures on history
And I thought "they" meant the Cree ... Interesting how one can misread a post ....
i was in an hunting camp in northern quebec and you re so right about cree elder. a shame that the youngs are not willing to learn from them. when they will be gone the knowledge will as well ...
And I thought "they" meant the Cree ... Interesting how one can misread a post ....
true story, me too
im going to be checking out heaps more in the near future!
it gets me keen as to go out for weekenders at my little hut
Then the White Man came along and taught them how to improve on it.
Grizz
How DARE YOU assume my colour!!!
Ardent
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And I thought "they" meant the Cree ... Interesting how one can misread a post ....
WhelanLad said:
That doesn’t change much, worth having a look at a range map of Cree.
It would be just shy of half of Australia and broken into many groups to put it in context WhelanLad can appreciate. Long story short, just about all native groups hunt bears, even where bears are revered. Respect for the animal and hunting can go hand in hand for natives and us non-natives, which is a point I appreciate.
The documentary is great and reminds me of time flying in far northern Alberta and the NWT around remote settlements. Can go back in time there, still, a bit.
That doesn’t change much, worth having a look at a range map of Cree.
Long story short, just about all native groups hunt bears, even where bears are revered. Respect for the animal and hunting can go hand in hand for natives and us non-natives, which is a point I appreciate.
The documentary is great and reminds me of time flying in far northern Alberta and the NWT around remote settlements. Can go back in time there, still, a bit.
This is true, I have harvested bears for community members who could not kill one themselves. It is usually associated with a person/families Clan animal.
Interesting that documentary showed up on so many peoples profiles, I watched it a few nights ago as well. Perhaps some of our federal dollars at work promoting NFB material. I also watched some films about the collapse of the Atlantic Cod industry.
