Talk:Happy hunting ground

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happy Hunting Ground

I found this can anyone give me more?:

Happy Hunting Ground

All Indians believed in the great spirit. The great spirit ruled over everything and lived in the Happy Hunting Ground a beautiful country beyond the skies. The Indians greatest hope was to go to the Happy Hunting Ground when they died. They would only do this if they served the great spirit well during their lifetime. If they were in battle and the enemy had their scalp, he also had their sprint. This would prevent the Indians from going to the Happy Hunting Ground.

he factual accuracy of this article needs to be checked. The Cherokee nation traditionally inhabited the U.S. Southeast, not the great plains.The six nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquis) reside in what is now New York State and Ontario The term Algonquian refers to a multitude of Nations, only a few of which ever resided in the great plains.

[edit] Trivia Section Removed

The Trivia section for this article contained only one item of trivia, and that was that a Dungeons & Dragons environment of some sort was named 'the Happy Hunting Ground'. Personally I thought that was a bit too trivial - especially since there were no other items in the section. For that reason, I've removed it.

I've also tried to tidy a little, although I confess I'm at a loss what to do to make the item more informative. I'm dubious about using Godchecker as a citation - it's a worthy enough site and a very good read, but it's not very detailed and that last paragraph in this article (about the weather being better and prey not running away) doesn't seem to stand so well. To be honest the whole article as it stands is a little difficult to follow - I'm still not sure what significance scalping might have; and I'm not sure it explains too well how "[the presence of a spirit in everything] therefore leads to the existence of an afterlife".

Is there anyone who'd like to have a stab at expanding this one a little? - Shrivenzale (talk) 01:21, 7 January 2008 (UTC)