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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bohr, Roland

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian weapons--Great Plains--History.

Indian weapons.

Indian weapons--Canada, Northern--History.

Bow and arrow--Great Plains--History.

Bow and arrow.

Bow and arrow--Canada, Northern--History.

Firearms--Great Plains--History.

Firearms.

Firearms--Canada, Northern--History.

History.

Northern Canada.

Great Plains.

Physical Description:

xv, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]

Contents:

1 Bows, Guns, and Diverging Views on Indigenous and European Technology 1

2 Indigenous Subsistence Patterns of the Hudson Bay Lowlands and Northern Plains 14

3 Bows of the Northern Plains and Subarctic 42

4 Arrows and Arrow Makers 80

5 Aboriginal Peoples and Firearms 127

6 Injuries Caused by Arrows and Firearms 154

7 Archery and Firearms in Aboriginal Beliefs 172

8 Archery and Firearms in Hunting 204

9 Archery and Firearms in Combat in the Central Subarctic 234

10 Archery and Firearms in Combat in the Northern Plains 252

11 Survival and Adaptation of Aboriginal Archery and European Firearms 297.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-445) and index.

ISBN:

9780803248380

0803248385

OCLC:

862041463

Publisher Number:

40023551636