This is a great movie, and well worth watching. I have lived like this for many years, both in the Territory and here in NSW. Now I no longer need to hunt for food, but I am very glad to have had the experience.
You will note that the children learn at a very early age, and carry their own hatchets, my sons were brought up the same way, though the tomahawks they carry now are full size. A couple of other things you will note, the children are given plenty of opportunity to experience, they can touch the furs without being chastised. In white society children are often chastised for touching things that the adult considers there is no need to touch, regardless that it does no harm. Children can play with animal parts, just as a child I was able to pull the tendons on pheasant and chook legs to make the claws clench and unclench. This sort of experience is necassary if the child is to grow up not being repulsed by dead animals hunted for food.
LL
ReplyDeleteGreat movie, and Boyce who made it has recently started a new blog
boycerichardson.blogspot.com
interesting guy
SBW
Thanks for the feedback SWB, Boyce did a good job.
ReplyDeleteLL
ReplyDeleteI emailed him and told him so, we emailed back and forth - total gent of the old school.
This is what I love about blogging - one minute I'm talking crap to my friends, the next I'm conversing with a living legend - how cool is that!
SBW
That is pretty cool SBW, beats the hell out of using pidgeons.
ReplyDeleteThis was really excellent.
ReplyDeleteI thought so too Bob, glad you liked it.
ReplyDeleteRegards.