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our predeces-our nation would not be
sors, and a few where it is today if it wasn’t
modern irre- for hunters.
sponsible out- Hunting is something of a
doorsmen. How- way of life for many people
ever, there is still and it has been for a very
a glimmer of
long time, especially here in
hope for this
Oklahoma. Being in Native
way of life and I America, we have one of the
see it in hunters most diverse and populous
today. group of Native Americans in
Will Russell With mod- the nation, and in turn that
means that hunting is a very
Senior Division Gentlemen ern technol- in big part of many Oklahomans
ogies
Grade: 11 Age: 15 food pro- cultures and history. The Na-
duction
tive American’s lives often
Teacher: Randy Williams School: Jenks
and distri- revolved around hunting, es-
bution, very few people still pecially before Europeans
Sharing the Heritage rely on hunting as their main arrived in North America.
food-source, this is one of the They used everything they
unting, it’s one of largest contributing factors in killed for things like clothing,
the oldest things the decline of hunting, people food, shelter, and tools.
man still does to- just don’t see the reasons for Some would even follow
day. From gener- hunting anymore. What peo- herds of animals while gain-
ation to generation over a ing great fa-
ple don’t often see
is this country was “Hunters are the
millennia, man has passed miliarity and
this ancient art down to their built on the ac- knowledge
descendants. Unfortunately, tions of out- biggest with nature
in many respects, this is a like and land-
doorsmen
conservationist
dying art. Children aren’t scapes
Daniel Boone and
spending time outside, learn- Davey Crockett there are.” around
ing to fish, learning to shoot a pushing across them. This
gun, or mastering archery. wisdom was passed down
the frontier, or the Native
Hunters are under frequent
Americans and their intimacy from generation to genera-
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attack due to the actions of and connection with nature, tion, giving them a unique
sors, and a few where it is today if it wasn’t
modern irre- for hunters.
sponsible out- Hunting is something of a
doorsmen. How- way of life for many people
ever, there is still and it has been for a very
a glimmer of
long time, especially here in
hope for this
Oklahoma. Being in Native
way of life and I America, we have one of the
see it in hunters most diverse and populous
today. group of Native Americans in
Will Russell With mod- the nation, and in turn that
means that hunting is a very
Senior Division Gentlemen ern technol- in big part of many Oklahomans
ogies
Grade: 11 Age: 15 food pro- cultures and history. The Na-
duction
tive American’s lives often
Teacher: Randy Williams School: Jenks
and distri- revolved around hunting, es-
bution, very few people still pecially before Europeans
Sharing the Heritage rely on hunting as their main arrived in North America.
food-source, this is one of the They used everything they
unting, it’s one of largest contributing factors in killed for things like clothing,
the oldest things the decline of hunting, people food, shelter, and tools.
man still does to- just don’t see the reasons for Some would even follow
day. From gener- hunting anymore. What peo- herds of animals while gain-
ation to generation over a ing great fa-
ple don’t often see
is this country was “Hunters are the
millennia, man has passed miliarity and
this ancient art down to their built on the ac- knowledge
descendants. Unfortunately, tions of out- biggest with nature
in many respects, this is a like and land-
doorsmen
conservationist
dying art. Children aren’t scapes
Daniel Boone and
spending time outside, learn- Davey Crockett there are.” around
ing to fish, learning to shoot a pushing across them. This
gun, or mastering archery. wisdom was passed down
the frontier, or the Native
Hunters are under frequent
Americans and their intimacy from generation to genera-
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attack due to the actions of and connection with nature, tion, giving them a unique
