How fortunate we are to have Noel Grayson talk to us about the bows,arrows, and other ancient knowledge that he was taught.Although we are are not related we are brothers and his spirit lives in each of us he has touched with his teaching and passing down this ancient way of life our ancestors used in their every day way of life.Not all treasure is gold and silver sometimes treasure stands in front of us and tells us beautiful stories.
What A FANTASTIC MAN OF SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE. GREAT INSTRUCTOR, EDUCATOR, THE WORLD COULD USE SO MANY MORE OF HIM.SURE WISHED HE LIVED CLOSE, AS RIGHT NEXT DOOR!👍🏹😀
Thanks Noel, I just learned that Native American shot their arrows from the left side of the bow. I was a wonderment to see that you had the children eating out of your hand. Outstanding teacher.
Interesting shooting technique- no anchor point. When I was around 15 on family vacation we visited the Cherokee reservation in I believe North Carolina. Beautiful long bows. I even hit the target with the blow-gun- of course the host did the aiming.
Thank you for posting this! This information may not be around forever. I wonder--since bear fat is no on my supermarket shelf,-what a substitute would be? Thanks again
beautiful bow.i see you use a 3 finger release. same here. were handled bows used by the Cherokee before white men came here? i study a lot of Native American archery. ive made a number of bows, replicas, of what ive seen in books, museums, ect.most do not have a handle as yours. thats why im asking. thank you.
I made a bow from hickory several years back, (we don't have orange osage here) from instinct, or ancestral memory I guess. The arrows are made from a bush that grows by the creek and has a natural noch. I shoot it from the right side, and just like he said, it's just like throwing a rock. I cracked up when he said that.
Before being introduced to Osage orange by the Osage following the Trail of Tears, mockernut hickory followed by black locust were the woods of choice for the Cherokee and their neighbors while the Seminole to the south used cypress that had been heat-treated. To the north, the Iroquois Confederacy favored rock maple, as did the Abenaki and the Huron. The bows encountered by the Pilgrims at the first thanksgiving were hickory and maple in a style similar to this, but with effigy heads of little warrior's heads with deer-mane mohawks that doubled as wind-tassels for direction, like seen with the Delaware and Powhatan. Some, like the Catawba and Shawnee used Kentucky coffee tree and American elm, as well as slippery elm and sometimes red mulberry, the latter being popular with the Apache and Ute to the far west.
Robert Corbell ... this information wouldn’t of been thought in the everyday schools more than likely so thank you for sharing what you know, very informative , we all can learn from one another, much appreciated. 👍
Awesome video, Noel makes my favorite wooden bow style. Moreover he is very patient with kids. And...rare western Cherokee who looks like and is pure Cherokee, there are a lot ones with blue eyes claiming they belongs to Cherokee Nation :) (bit kidding) Cheers from Serbia and thank you for great video!
Yes, Noel (who goes by his middle name of Tim with friends) is a very nice man and one afternoon when I got my paperwork taken care of with the nation to certify me as a member, shared a smoke with me and showed me the old ways of bow carving and flintknapping. He is a medicine man in the tribe, but also a deacon in his local church (like most Cherokee, he follows a blend of Christian and traditional beliefs due to the similarity between them of a single God and moral precepts) and loves kids as shown here. Also as you mentioned, he is full Cherokee much like actor Wes Studi and is ironically friends with the man. He has a Facebook if you're interested in making Eastern Seaboard, Cherokee and Iroquoian style bows and flint tools/weapons in the traditional manner. :)
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wrong! Pine made long enough or wide enough can make a bow. My source is the Traditional Bowyer's Bible Vol 4. But can't blame him, he's still awesome. =)
+Cordell Canfield go make your oun bow or have your women make it that's who use to make arrows and bows not me that's a Cherokee history lesson for you they fake it on the net and on everything else cause im Cherokee paint clan and I was told and showed everything thing there is to know of my ways
Thank you for your response! An important part of Project I'M READY! is preserving information for future generations. We have some new videos from Noel which explain some of the alternative materials used in Bowmaking. Please check in on our project RUclips page to watch them. We hope you enjoy!
Same and same, lol. Still, good video and admire his patience. I'd have told them to shut it or end up reenacting William Tell with one of the nearby osage orange balls.
What a nice video on such a great part of our country's history. Thanks for posting it. That guy is terrific!
How fortunate we are to have Noel Grayson talk to us about the bows,arrows, and other ancient knowledge that he was taught.Although we are are not related we are brothers and his spirit lives in each of us he has touched with his teaching and passing down this ancient way of life our ancestors used in their every day way of life.Not all treasure is gold and silver sometimes treasure stands in front of us and tells us beautiful stories.
This guy is teaching reall cool stuff. Cherokees are legendary for their bows
Awesome instructor! Very good job!
This is what makes America so great !!
What A FANTASTIC MAN OF SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE. GREAT INSTRUCTOR, EDUCATOR, THE WORLD COULD USE SO MANY MORE OF HIM.SURE WISHED HE LIVED CLOSE, AS RIGHT NEXT DOOR!👍🏹😀
Gotta love Noel... thats a smooth shooting bow
my only complaint is the films are not long enough and there are not more. :) very good videos
I love this video im part Cherokee and i've been trying to get to and connect with my ancesters past.
Zachary Bowers Same here, that, and I have always wondered how they made bows back then.
Damn man! Cherokee = a truck! You isn't Indian! Norway uses it! From whom? What the Haps! Or in,
Gringo! Apache-- NORWJN!
Thanks Noel, I just learned that Native American shot their arrows from the left side of the bow. I was a wonderment to see that you had the children eating out of your hand. Outstanding teacher.
Noel is a great guy.....
Interesting shooting technique- no anchor point. When I was around 15 on family vacation we visited the Cherokee reservation in I believe North Carolina. Beautiful long bows. I even hit the target with the blow-gun- of course the host did the aiming.
Incredible... Thanks for sharing!
This guy thought me how to Flintnap arrowheads and such
Thank you for posting this! This information may not be around forever.
I wonder--since bear fat is no on my supermarket shelf,-what a substitute would be?
Thanks again
beautiful bow.i see you use a 3 finger release. same here. were handled bows used by the Cherokee before white men came here? i study a lot of Native American archery. ive made a number of bows, replicas, of what ive seen in books, museums, ect.most do not have a handle as yours. thats why im asking. thank you.
Awesome video he’s very informative!!
Maravillosa esta gente.Mi admiracion y respeto hacia los pueblos indios
Love this guy! Is he full Cherokee? 😊
Great teaching!
I was showed how to make my Cherokee bow and arrows when I was 14 years of age and all the other things as well
I made a bow from hickory several years back, (we don't have orange osage here) from instinct, or ancestral memory I guess. The arrows are made from a bush that grows by the creek and has a natural noch. I shoot it from the right side, and just like he said, it's just like throwing a rock. I cracked up when he said that.
Before being introduced to Osage orange by the Osage following the Trail of Tears, mockernut hickory followed by black locust were the woods of choice for the Cherokee and their neighbors while the Seminole to the south used cypress that had been heat-treated. To the north, the Iroquois Confederacy favored rock maple, as did the Abenaki and the Huron. The bows encountered by the Pilgrims at the first thanksgiving were hickory and maple in a style similar to this, but with effigy heads of little warrior's heads with deer-mane mohawks that doubled as wind-tassels for direction, like seen with the Delaware and Powhatan. Some, like the Catawba and Shawnee used Kentucky coffee tree and American elm, as well as slippery elm and sometimes red mulberry, the latter being popular with the Apache and Ute to the far west.
Robert Corbell ... this information wouldn’t of been thought in the everyday schools more than likely so thank you for sharing what you know, very informative , we all can learn from one another, much appreciated. 👍
Awesome video, Noel makes my favorite wooden bow style. Moreover he is very patient with kids. And...rare western Cherokee who looks like and is pure Cherokee, there are a lot ones with blue eyes claiming they belongs to Cherokee Nation :) (bit kidding) Cheers from Serbia and thank you for great video!
Yes, Noel (who goes by his middle name of Tim with friends) is a very nice man and one afternoon when I got my paperwork taken care of with the nation to certify me as a member, shared a smoke with me and showed me the old ways of bow carving and flintknapping. He is a medicine man in the tribe, but also a deacon in his local church (like most Cherokee, he follows a blend of Christian and traditional beliefs due to the similarity between them of a single God and moral precepts) and loves kids as shown here. Also as you mentioned, he is full Cherokee much like actor Wes Studi and is ironically friends with the man. He has a Facebook if you're interested in making Eastern Seaboard, Cherokee and Iroquoian style bows and flint tools/weapons in the traditional manner. :)
Yeah! I follow Cherokee style bows group. Greetings! (Y)
Robert Corbell Thank you! Does Noel speak Cherokee? 😊
i want to learn to make bows like my cherokee ancestors
where can i buy one?
This is the kind of guy whose smile could either be the most beautiful thing - or the most terrifying. Depends on the situation.
Very impressive !
this is awsome video thanks for this
1:34 the audio gets better. This is a demo for the general public, but there is some good advice here.
I want to learn to make bows like the cherokee people. Sadly, I have no relation to them. But I can still learn how to make a bow! :3
He has no anchor point? That's the way a lot of the Plains tribes shot their bows
can I buy one of these I need one very badly
+Charles Sinch make you own bow like I had to
Actually, if a pine bow is made wide enough (at least 3" at mid-limb) and backed with sinew, rawhide or linen, then it will make a durable bow.
Hey Class!
Cool!
i wouldn't use pine its to soft, and full of sap so it probablywill crack in half.
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super
wrong! Pine made long enough or wide enough can make a bow. My source is the Traditional Bowyer's Bible Vol 4. But can't blame him, he's still awesome. =)
Been trying to find a Cherokee bow maker so I can special order one. (I'm almost majority Cherokee so I want a bow.)
+Cordell Canfield go make your oun bow or have your women make it that's who use to make arrows and bows not me that's a Cherokee history lesson for you they fake it on the net and on everything else cause im Cherokee paint clan and I was told and showed everything thing there is to know of my ways
+Cordell Canfield make your own bow
You can learn to make many styles of what are called Eastern Woodland Bows, et. al., on you tube with some searching, and then lots of trying.
my problem is i am in az and have nobody that can teach me
i tried making a bow from a bamboo but it snap in half lol
Thank you for your response! An important part of Project I'M READY! is preserving information for future generations.
We have some new videos from Noel which explain some of the alternative materials used in Bowmaking. Please check in on our project RUclips page to watch them. We hope you enjoy!
I would like to meet Noel Grayson some day. Does he ever go to festivals or meet and greet anymore?
and if you look at the bow in the 1700 drawing of Cherokee 7 clans you will see a bow in deer clans hand just saying
I....NEED....TO.......MEET......NOEL.......GRAYSON.......O___O'
Crisco or what I use is beef fat taken from hamburger.
Noel himself told me he prefers bacon grease or even lard from the Mexican food section of most grocery stores.
Wado!
I just found out recently that I have a little Cherokee in me and I was so proud....
Congrats. I'm part Irish and French.
to much chattering in the background can't understand a word he is saying.
Not exactly sure what this video is about and the sound is
undecipherable.
Wish the kids in the background would shut up .w.
please don't breed...
+tslmiami Dude I'm here trying to learn and I get this? It's cool though. I prefer the D anyway.
Same and same, lol. Still, good video and admire his patience. I'd have told them to shut it or end up reenacting William Tell with one of the nearby osage orange balls.
Shadowmancer Dusk Ikr
That's the way kids are. Smile and be happy😊