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