That's awesome! Do you consider yourself a vulture?
I’m part Cherokee and something that my Native family members hammered into my head was the concept of not wasting what you have. In all things, not just hunted animals but in money, relationships, food, etc. My Christian family members also espoused the concept of “waste not, want not”- so that was a very important part of my childhood teachings.
But the other part of it is that, as an artist, I am super intrigued by bones and musculature of various animals. If I thought I was smarter, I probably would be in some sort of animal biotechnology field or animal forensics. If you’ve ever watched the show Bones- I would want Bones’ job, except with animals, and not with extinct animals but current species. I would like to collect bones, but skulls and teeth specifically, to study and do scientific drawings of.
So the short answer is, not really, but I suppose I’m fairly similar in a sense.
Unfortunately, despite having a rather significant amount of Cherokee blood in me, I’m pretty separated from the culture as a whole as the vast majority of my Native family members intentionally chose not to share their culture with my generation to try and give us an easier time fitting in in our mostly-white very conservative town. So I don’t know if possum teeth charms hold any particular special meanings, but I’ve sort of come to enjoy having my teeth with me when I travel.