There's this Project I have for school and I have to find out what kind of protection/weapons the Navajo used.
I've been looking for a while but I can't find anything.
If you know anything please tell me!!!
Thanxx
2006-08-26 07:30:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Well, if you have been looking "for a while" then it's not more than 5 minutes because there is a lot of information available about the Navajo.
The Navajos had bows, arrows, shields, lances... all the usual stuff... they also had HORSES... probably their biggest asset.
Try googling it.
2006-08-26 07:36:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
captmhunt is right about the different types of weapons and shield. Here is a description of the type of bow used.
Navajo
They used a short double curve bow similar to the plains style bows. The arrows they used had three feather fletching and lightning groves on the shafts. A bow tested by Saxton Pope was made of Mesquite and was sinew-backed. It was 44" long, 1" x 3/4" at the grip, 7/8" x 5/8" at mid-limb, and 1/2" x 1/2" below the nocks. This bow drew 45# at 26" and had a cast of 150 yards. He said that it was well made and tillered.
[1] Plate LXXIX This figure is of a quiver and bow case and of a bow.
1. The quiver is 28" long and is made of lion skin with the hair side out and has a wooden rod used as a stiffener. The lions tail hangs from the mouth of the quiver. The bow case is made of lion skin also and is made with the hair side in and is 44" long. The case is decorated with fringes of lion skin ate the top and the bottom and is attached to the wooden rod on the quiver.
2. The bow is made from Mesquite wood and is round on the back and flat on the belly and is 3' 11" long. The back is lined with sinew and is bound with sinew twice on each limb and at the tips. The handle is wrapped with buckskin string. There are no nocks or modification to receive the string and the string is made of 2 ply sinew cord.
Some bows where made from Mulberry, Locust, Oak or Maple, but Mulberry was said to be the favorite. Sinew strings where made from leg sinew from deer. Arrow shafts made form mountain mahogany, Apache plume, and mulberry and where fletch with three feathers. No record of flint to stone points for hunting, but a record of sharpened and fire hardened wood tips is available. Poison was said to be used from the gallbladder of a deer or with Venom of snakes or spiders.
2006-08-26 17:57:12 · answer #2 · answered by Kookiemon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For everything Navajo. go to this link:
http://navajo-indian.org/
2006-08-26 14:37:51 · answer #3 · answered by psstoffagain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The obvious, but unfounded answers are: bow and arrow, hatchets, and rocks.
2006-08-26 14:36:10 · answer #4 · answered by Waferette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to your local library or go on the internet and type in what you're looking for
2006-08-26 14:33:42 · answer #5 · answered by bornagain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MY WAY IS TO GOOGLE IT AND FIND ONLINE LIBARIES YOU COULD GET YOUR REFERENCES FROM. BUT I'M A QUEEN OF GOOGLING.
2006-08-26 14:35:33 · answer #6 · answered by colecole1979 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋