Henry’s Guns For Great Causes Collaborates with Hunters of Color
Henry Repeating Arms has a protracted philanthropic historical past through its Guns For Great Causes group. This Native American Heritage Day, Henry helps public sale off a hand-painted .45-70 performed by artist Joshua Hood-Marvin, a Native American program supervisor of Hunters Of Color. The rifle includes a mountain/bear searching motif on one aspect and a desert/bison searching motif on the opposite.
Per Henry Repeating Arms:
In celebration of Native American Heritage Day, Henry Repeating Arms is proud to announce this particular Guns For Great Causes public sale for a one-of-a-kind Brass Lever Action .45-70 handpainted by Joshua Hood-Marvin. All proceeds from this public sale can be donated to Hunters of Color, a nonprofit group pursuing a extra equitable and inclusive group for hunters.
Joshua is an artist, hunter, and bow maker of the Klamath-Modoc and Pascua Yaqui tribes. He’s additionally the indigenous applications and outreach supervisor for Hunters of Color.
This totally purposeful murals options work on each the left and proper sides of the rifle, with designs predominantly impressed by wildlife, the steadiness between man and nature, and different symbolism from the artist’s personal tradition.
While many Native American tribes now have higher acknowledged tribal searching rights, searching and fishing entry proceed to be extraordinarily troublesome, particularly for tribes who didn’t obtain federal recognition, or had their recognition terminated. Hats off to Henry for serving to higher searching entry, conservation, mentorship and training.