Iroquois Nation Documentary

[Japbow]

      Excellent history documentary about the Iroquois
      Nation. Lots of bows & arrows and other primitive
      weapons...enjoy!

      http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFIgq8D3oRk&feature=g-high-rec

      Damn, I love this stuff!!!

      Japbow.

[PrimitiveTim]

Just got done with it.  I was cringing when they were throwing those bows into the pit. lol it seems like they would still need all that stuff to hunt with right?  Do they use different bows for hunting and fighting?

[bowtarist]

I thought the same thing about the bows. That was probably for effect or if they did bury the bows, maybe they were ones that had taken a human life. More bows and arrows could be made to hunt animals with. I enjoyed it alright. How about the Peacemakers mother being a virgin? Huh? I've heard of that somewhere else too.  Thanks for sharing, I also took note of all the other NA vids that popped up on the right side. Looks like I have some new lunch watching material. dp

[Robby101]

Thanks Japbow, very interesting!!! What they didn't say was after forming their Confederacy it freed them up to raid and make war on a grander scale. The Seneca's for example became arguably  the most feared warriors in the east, raiding as far south as south Carolina, with settlements in Penn. and Ohio.
Robby
Living in the Land of the Onöndowága, Seneca's

[Parnell]

Interesting story, I'm surprised I haven't seen that on the boob tube.

[Dharma]

Well, yes Robby, generally when any people, especially agrarian people, establish a government, they'll soon be finding reasons to launch wars. The tribal differences already existed, but their government merely made it possible to organize better military campaigns and tactics. They can also fund those wars if they have a tax collection scheme in place.

[Japbow]

      Thanks All! Glad you enjoyed it as much
      as I did.

      Tim: Same reaction here on the pit scene.
              Much wincing and cringing....

      Did anyone else have a problem with the
      bad tillering on many of the bows or that
      they were always left strung? I love seeing
      all kinds of bows portrayed in a historical
      context, but I sometimes get a bit hyper-
      critical. Also, could anyone make out what
      wood the bows were made out of?

      Japbow.

[PrimitiveTim]

yeah a lot of strung hinged bows.  I understand that a lot of people wouldn't be able to recognize an unstrung bow though. lol

[Robby101]

They buried the hatchet, not the bows, probably just a little over dramatization. The wood was most probably hickory, well for the original Iroquois, for this portrayal, who knows.
Their history is not unlike that of the tribes in Europe. The Germans are a good example, in that the several different Germanic tribes were constantly at war with each other and unified somewhat to fight the Romans. An over simplification but it works !
Robin