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Offline Badger

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Plains Indian Bow??
« on: December 22, 2016, 02:08:55 am »
   I need to make my step son a plains Indian bow. If possible I would like to use the same wood they used. The North Dakota area is what he is studying. Could anyone give me some instructions on what I need to build??

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Re: Plains Indian Bow??
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2016, 02:36:43 am »
Allely and Hamm report in Encyclopedia of Native American Bows,Arrows & Quivers

p. 136  Plains, in the north, hickory,ash and chokecherry, often sinew-backed, predominated.

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Re: Plains Indian Bow??
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2016, 02:54:30 am »
Laubin reports in American Indian Archery

p.26 Eastern Sioux used hickory, Western Sioux, in addition to ash, used chokecherry, wild plum,and crab apple. serviceberry is also mentioned