"For the first time since state sponsored bounties drove wolves to the point of extinction more than a generation ago, Wisconsin begins its first wolf hunting season Monday. But Great Lakes area tribes are upset.
Rusty Barber says wolves are their brothers. The Lac Courte Oreilles tribal council member believes wolves and the Anishinaabe people lead parallel lives. That includes forcing wolves off their own land and government-sponsored genocide, “That happened to the Anishinaabe and that also happened to our brother the wolf. When you have a hunt like this wolf hunt that’s going to happen here, things are going to happen within these packs. There’s no determining who is the alpha male or the leader of that pack.”
Barber says without the leader, the pack could perish. He says the difference between tribes and non-native people is also hunting for harvesting versus hunting for fun, “Not just for the thrill of putting a hide on the wall or a head with the antlers on it, you know, something to brag about. But we hunt for food and the necessity of sustenance to live.”"
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