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half eye:
Hey Michael C,
       I am not native American, heck I'm of French decent....my great, great, great grandaddy was probably trying to chase your women for all I know. I have a good friend who is though Mr. Jay Sam (Little River Band of Odawa) and I think he told me that different arrows (those for different purposes) used different types of fletching and arrow-heads as well. I believe he told me that for game hunting it was common to use buzzard or vulture feathers as they were supposed to resist blood damage better....not very appetizing but hey! Kind of like using Turtle Claw heads and "splinter heads" for War and saving the cutting points for hunting....anyway maybe if you want some arrows of personal significance you ought to make them and enjoy them....the reasons are personal to you.For what ever it's worth
Aanii
half eye

stickbender:
     Tsalagi, when the greedy nit wits, in Washington, got a little graft, I mean campaign, greasing their palms, it sure seemed like a great idea to move people off of the lands they had been living on for thousands of years before the white man came along, with a better idea......so lets see now, there are these fine upstanding fellows, who have have graciously given me quite a generous campaign donation, and have simply asked if it would be feasible to remove, and relocate these non God fearing heathens, off of land that they don't have deeds for, and put them on land that no one in their right ming would try to cultivate, and make them take up farming, and stop them from teaching their young their heritage,traditions,language, religeon, and way of life.  Well I am sure that since they are used to the rural life that if they really put their minds, and backs to it they can make a go of it, and the fine upstanding citizens, who want to see me continue sticking, er, doing the best thing for America, will make good use of the land that the heathens were just letting go to waste.  Now, where did I put that bag of money.  Certainly not in the Freezer, it hasn't been invented yet  ;D.....Some things never change  ;)........But to play the devils advocate, The NA's themselves were not above running another tribe off of their ancestral lands, if they had the resources to do so, and it was a good hunting, and well watered land.

Michael C.:

--- Quote from: half eye on December 18, 2009, 09:53:27 pm ---Hey Michael C,
       I am not native American, heck I'm of French decent....my great, great, great grandaddy was probably trying to chase your women for all I know. I have a good friend who is though Mr. Jay Sam (Little River Band of Odawa) and I think he told me that different arrows (those for different purposes) used different types of fletching and arrow-heads as well. I believe he told me that for game hunting it was common to use buzzard or vulture feathers as they were supposed to resist blood damage better....not very appetizing but hey! Kind of like using Turtle Claw heads and "splinter heads" for War and saving the cutting points for hunting....anyway maybe if you want some arrows of personal significance you ought to make them and enjoy them....the reasons are personal to you.For what ever it's worth
Aanii
half eye

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I appreciate that :)

I still think it's interesting to see everyone's responses either way. The only ones I think are silly are the ones where people have obviously not read the thread and just put something after reading the initial post.

Traxx:
Michael,
You happen to know Eric Smith down there?I believe hes Chicasaw people too.

Michael C.:

--- Quote from: Traxx on December 19, 2009, 04:14:23 am ---Michael,
You happen to know Eric Smith down there?I believe hes Chicasaw people too.

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I don't know many Chickasaws, mostly plains tribes and Creeks. The majority of my friends are Comanche, Apache, Kiowa or a mix. I know a lot of Burgesses, Cables, Whitewolfs, Kadaysos, Pewewardys, Tieyahs, Saupitty, Harjos and Parkers, not many of my people though unless we are related. My family is from Hamiltons, Fixicos and Underwoods, no I don't think the Am. Idol girl is one of them, she may be but I've never seen her at a reunion :)

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