Hunting: from a First Nations perspective
“To the animal which has given its life that humans may live, the hunter can only offer respect for its soul, proper use of its body, and sharing the gift of food with others. This incommensurability creates enduring obligation, which is expressed by participation in the wider network of gift giving, which eventually leads back to the rebirth of animals and renewed receipts of animal gifts; renewals which people say they experience in the continuing harvest of wildlife.”
From ‘Gifts of the Land: Hunting Territories, Guaranteed Incomes and the Construction of Social Relations in James Bay Cree Society’ by Harvey Feit.
