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Author Bohr, Roland, author

Title Gifts from the thunder beings : Indigenous archery and European firearms in the Northern Plains and Central Subarctic, 1670-1870 / Roland Bohr
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]

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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
Summary 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 Indigenous weaponry contributed greatly to the impact these weapons had on Aboriginal cultures. This gradual transition took place from the beginning of the fur trade in the Hudson's Bay Company trading territory to the treaty and reserve period that began in Canada in the 1870s. Technological ch
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject 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
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
Genre/Form History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780803254374
0803254377
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9781306513753
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