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I wonder what people would think if a box of nails was spread in the area where people are driving around the gates Not that I would condone such actions
I personally observed how much time,money and effort Gasman put into his Observatory tag this past year.SImply not right that unlicensed people can drive into closed areas and take multiple bulls and bucks each year. If this continues then WDFW has to nix spike and 3 pt regs and return to branch antlered regs. As stated before all we are doing is creating a trophy class of easy pickings bulls and bucks for late season native hunters.( Mucks, Yaks, Nooks etc)Not against native hunting but close and restrict harvest to foot traffic areas.
Our ancestors hunted and fished and harvest what was needed to survive, nothing was wasted.
The tribes of the Pacific Northwest were only lightly visited by whites before the 1830s. When, forcommercial and scientific reasons, whites began assessing wildlife numbers in the area around MountRainier, they expressed surprise to find that these numbers were quite low. Moreover, they were inclinedto attribute those low numbers to overhunting by tribes in the area. These early assessments seem also toimply that overhunting was a relatively recent phenomenon, though they did not elaborate on thatimplication or on its possible causes. Notable examples of these early assessments follow.Johnson, who traveled across Naches Pass in 1841 as part of the Wilkes Expedition, described theYakima groups as follows:This tribe subsist chiefly upon salmonid and the camass-root: game is very scarce and the beaver have alldisappeared (Johnson 1850).Brackenridge, who accompanied Johnson, also commented on the shortage of game, not imagining howproductive the Yakima Valley could become under cultivation:Our route still lay close upon the Eyakema which flows through one of the most barren countrys it hasever been my lot to witness (Brackenridge 1931).In 1844, Father M. Demers, writing generally on what he called "the Territory of the Columbia," wasapparently discussing Washington and Vancouver when he said that "Wild animals have been moreabundant than they are at present; elk, deer, caribou have become rare..." (Demers 1956).Captain George B. McClellan of the Pacific Railroad Survey traveled up the Yakima Valley to NachesPass in 1853. He and his group explored at least some of the tributaries of the Yakima and made areasonable effort to examine the region. He reported his disappointment:The country through which we passed to the east of the Cascade range may be described as generallybarren and unfit for agriculture, and poor for grazing purposes.And, later in the same report:The Indians are harmless and peaceable; with the exceptions of the Tekamas they are very poor. Theirfood consists of salmon, berries, and potatoes; the entire absence of game renders it difficult for them toobtain good clothing; during the whole trip I did not see a single deer, elk, or bear - nothing larger than awolf. Wolves, badgers, squirrels, and a few gray marmots, were the only quadrupeds. The blue and ruffedgrouse, prairie chickens, and sage-fowl abounded (McClellan 1855).
This thread is funny to read, all of you should sit back, take a moment or two to think about what this conversation is really about, and and realize that pointing fingers and blaming ANYONE is a ridiculous waste of time...As a "white boy" i spent my summers in the small town of Suquamish, this is Reservation property.My Grandmother was a cook at the local school, I played with all the kids in the area.Bear in mind this was 30 years ago...I was treated like someone who belonged, because my family lived there, I have cousins that still do, one owns a house on Agate Passage, another on Suquamish Way (305), 2 more in the "new" housing up off of Urban Ave NE, and other cousins spread out from Poulsbo to Bainbridge Island.But enough of what my early childhood experience with Native Americans was, I have had several friends over the years , both Native and "non-Native", have never been prejudiced, but ANY TIME SOMEONE PLAYS THE "RACE CARD" it is a sign of ignorance, and racism, I do not care how you are arguing...When the Suquamish go to the San Juan's to harvest Crabs, or the Muckleshoots go over the pass to harvest deer or Elk, or the Yakima travel to the Colockum, that is just (my opinion) ridiculous, because HISTORICALLY THEY ONLY TRAVELED THAT FAR BECAUSE THEY HAD HARVESTED EVERYTHING IN THEIR "LOCAL" AREA, AND HAD TO TRAVEL FURTHER BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY LEFT IN THEIR AREA !!!Historically, the only respect that "Natives" had for anything that "Mother Earth, the spirits and the elements" had to provide, was to take, and be grateful, as that is what kept them from starvation, CONSERVATION WAS NOT IN THEIR VOCABULARY !!!!They took what they could, when they could, because they believed it would always be there, if it was not, they blamed "Mother Earth, the spirits and the elements" , and attempted to figure out where they had displeased "Mother Earth, the spirits and the elements" The common "belief" that QuoteOur ancestors hunted and fished and harvest what was needed to survive, nothing was wasted.Is a crock of steaming because the only reason nothing was wasted is because their very survival depended on it, historically, they hunted and fished, harvested, etc, until nothing was left, then moved !!!THAT IS THE REASON THEY DID NOT WANT TO MOVE TO A RESERVATION THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO CONSERVE !!!, they believed in taking what was available, then going somewhere else, they fought amongst themselves and other tribes for better areas, and limited resources......................................Now, Today, there are casinos, firework stands, and other opportunities for Tribal members to make a living, even special government grants and loans that I (as a caucasian American) am not eligible for."Natives" get to fish and hunt in all "free and unclaimed" lands they can, and a FEW take advantage of it, but you will never convince me of the "need", as they already should have some in storage (if they did not sell it)I know that Tribal government has done several projects to benefit fish/wildlife (Columbia Sturgeon, Antelope re-introduction, fish counting at the locks, to name a few) but there will always be a few people of all races that feel entitled to take, without giving back, and it is these that we all need to stop, so TAKE PICTURES, REPORT OFFENDERS, and hope that eventually we will all be treated as American citizens, equal in the eyes of the law, no matter what our what our ethnic background.............Mine used to pull their ships up on the beach, kill, rape, pillage, and rob. But if I want to practice my "heritage", I go to jail....
