Gifts from the thunder beings : Indigenous archery and European firearms in the Northern Plains and Central Subarctic, 1670-1870 /

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Gifts from the Thunder Beings examines North American Aboriginal peoples' use of Indigenous and European distance weapons in big-game hunting and combat. Beyond the capabilities of European weapons, Aboriginal peoples' ways of adapting and using this technology in combination with Indigeno...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bohr, Roland (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Temas:
Indian weapons > Great Plains > History.
Indian weapons > Canada, Northern > History.
Bow and arrow > Great Plains > History.
Bow and arrow > Canada, Northern > History.
Firearms > Great Plains > History.
Firearms > Canada, Northern > History.
Armes des Peuples autochtones > Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
Armes des Peuples autochtones > Canada (Nord) > Histoire.
Armes à feu > Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
Armes à feu > Canada (Nord) > Histoire.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Bow and arrow
Firearms
Indian weapons
Northern Canada
Great Plains
History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Bows, Guns, and Diverging Views on Indigenous and European Technology
  • 2. Indigenous Subsistence Patterns of the Hudson Bay Lowlands and Northern Plains
  • 3. Bows of the Northern Plains and Subarctic
  • 4. Arrows and Arrow Makers
  • 5. Aboriginal Peoples and Firearms
  • 6. Injuries Caused by Arrows and Firearms
  • 7. Archery and Firearms in Aboriginal Beliefs
  • 8. Archery and Firearms in Hunting
  • 9. Archery and Firearms in Combat in the Central Subarctic
  • 10. Archery and Firearms in Combat in the Northern Plains
  • 11. Survival and Adaptation of Aboriginal Archery and European Firearms.

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