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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bohr, Roland (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Indian weapons.
Firearms.
Bow and arrow.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Armes à feu > Canada (Nord) > Histoire.
Armes à feu > Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
Armes indiennes d'Amerique > Canada (Nord) > Histoire.
Armes indiennes d'Amerique > Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
Firearms > Canada, Northern > History.
Firearms > Great Plains > History.
Bow and arrow > Canada, Northern > History.
Bow and arrow > Great Plains > History.
Indian weapons > Canada, Northern > History.
Indian weapons > Great Plains > History.
Great Plains.
Northern Canada.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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