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Painting of people with bow and arrow

The bow and arrow was a weapon without peer in Alberta for nearly 2,000 years, until the introduction of guns and gunpowder. It was portable, flexible, permitted great accuracy, a longer range and rapid fire.

The bow and arrow was a weapon without peer in Alberta for nearly 2,000 years, until the introduction of guns and gunpowder. It was portable, flexible, permitted great accuracy, a longer range and rapid fire.

Photo courtesy of Heartland Associates, Inc.
Illustration by Amanda Dow.

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