| When Christopher Columbus first discovered North | | | | land.Even though the Indians had inferior weaponry, |
| America, he mistakenly believed that he had | | | | they fought fiercely and the Indian warrior was |
| discovered the Indies. This led to the name "Indian." | | | | feared for his viciousness in combat. Many of them |
| It is believed that the first North American Indian | | | | were excellent marksmen with the bow, and they |
| came across a land bridge across the Bering Sound, | | | | knew the land intimately, making it hard for the |
| from Siberia into Alaska. This would have been during | | | | Europeans to conquer them.But no matter how many |
| the last ice age about twenty thousand years | | | | of the Europeans the Indians killed, more would |
| ago.When the Europeans discovered America, there | | | | replenish their number from across the sea.The |
| were approximately ten million Indians already living | | | | Europeans came close to wiping out the existing |
| there. These Indians were amazed at the Europeans | | | | tribes in North America, and the last great battle was |
| white skin and technology, which would eventually | | | | fought in 1890, when thousands of Indian children, |
| prove to be their downfall.While the Indians were | | | | women and men were slaughtered by U.S |
| amazed by the Europeans, they also noticed that | | | | cavalry.That battle pretty much ended the wars that |
| they were greedy, and viewed nature as a means to | | | | plagued North America, and left a stain on North |
| gain wealth and power. The North American Indian | | | | American history that remains today. The remaining |
| viewed nature, and by extension life, as sacred, and | | | | Indians were either assimilated, or repressed. The |
| the Europeans views were abhorrent to them.Not | | | | culture that the Indians had fought so hard for was |
| only did the white man bring outlandish tools, and a | | | | almost lost.While the history of the North American |
| need to own land but also diseases that hit the Indian | | | | Indian is a tragic one, they still remain today, although |
| tribes hard, decimating their population. The Indians | | | | they are a shadow of what they once were. They |
| were outnumbered by the invaders, and had inferior | | | | are, and were, a proud people, with a remarkable |
| weapons to defend themselves. While the Europeans | | | | heritage and because of them archery has been |
| had metal knives and swords, the North American | | | | recognized worldwide.My name is Ted Lake and I'm |
| Indian had bows and arrows and crude wooden | | | | building a website in memory of my dad Deuaine |
| spears. The arrows have remained today and this is | | | | Lake. This site is all about Archery and Archery |
| where the sport of archery originates from.While the | | | | Hunting. My dad started me when I was 5 years old |
| Indians lived here first, the Europeans viewed them | | | | (1956) and I've continued to teach both my boys the |
| as nothing more than nomads, with no claim to the | | | | same respect for the sport of archery. |