Let
American Indians hunt park buffalo
Letter to the Editor
Billings Gazette
1/28/05
Regarding
the argument over the "big buffalo hunt" outside
of Yellowstone National Park, the native peoples of this
land utilized buffalo in every way imaginable and more.
Buffalo was their livelihood.
The survivors of the American holocaust burned buffalo
dung as a fire source, skins for shelter, meat as a main
source of food, bones for tools, bladder as water bags,
etc., for thousands of years. Our European counterparts
abused this resource and destroyed the balance.
I've witnessed no restitution or consequence concerning
this crime.
I say let the aborigine of this land only hunt the buffalo.
They're the only people with the real right to hunt those
buffalo.
Some poverty-stricken natives would appreciate, respect
and benefits. Open your eyes. It's the only logical answer
to unpaid restitutions, a small part.