Figure 1.--When we think about archery and America we of course first think about Native Americans. Native Americans apparently had flint weapns such as spear points and arrowheads when they arrived in North America. The Clovis Point in fact was for years at the center of the effort by Anthropolgists to understand Native Americans. Here is a scene from the film "Wind River"

When we think about archery and America we of course first think about Native Americans. Native Americans apparently had flint weapns such as spear points and arrowheads when they arrived in North America. The Clovis Point in fact was for years at the center of the effort by Anthropolgists to understand Native Americans. Bows and arrows were used for both hunting and warfare. They continued to be an eddective weapon until the mid-19th century. Rifles gave white people a militay advantage, but before the Civil War it was not as great as might be imagined. Native Americans could actually fire bows more rapidly than soldiers with rifles could load and shoot. It was more the larger population of whites that gave them the advantage. With the appearance of first the Colt-45 revolver and the Winchester repeating rifle that gave white the overwealming military advantage.

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