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What is a atlati?

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∙ 13y ago

Updated: 12/18/2022

It is a spear thrown by a separate handle used to leverage more force into the throw.

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Previous to contact with Europeans they had a stone age technology, meaning not significant use of metal. They did have some copper acquired via trading with tribes farther south and from tribes around Lake Superior. While these were sometimes used in weapons most copper was used to show off. Which mean weapons were traditional weapons similar to your stone age peoples weapons. Bow and Arrows, axes, clubs, spears and throwing spears called atlati which used a short stick to throw the spear for more range and power, . With the arrival of Europeans metal was adopted into the construction of traditional weapons and eventually they adopted the traditional weapons of the Europeans which included firearms.

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