><<However, I've heard that >people who live close to the land tend generally to be less sentimental >about animals. Did all Native Americans have similar attitudes toward food >animals? Did the Eastern nations have reverence for the deer, rabbit, and >squirrel? How about fish? (Honest questions- I'm not sneering). >> > > Absoloutely. They thanked the animal for giving its life so they could >live. This is exactly the kind of reverence of which I speak. > > Siobhan But what difference does that make??? Whether I kill a duck telling some quack quack jokes or after some artsy fartsy ceremony to the duck gods--the duck is dead and we eat it. Enjoying the meal is reverence enough, no? What possible difference does it make? Cheers, Kirt Secola /\ Nieft [log in to unmask]