Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

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

Appendix: Extended Image Credits

Glossary of Archery Terms

Notes

Bibliography

Index