ATA Contributes $50,000 to Build First Archery Park on Oklahoma’s Tribal Lands
New Ulm, MN -(AmmoLand.com)- Labor Day weekend marked a milestone for Cherokee Nation and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
With help from the Archery Trade Association (ATA), the state opened the Joe Thornton Archery Range, its third public archery park, and the first range built on the state’s tribal lands. The range opened just in time to welcome thousands of visitors to Tahlequah for the 64th annual Cherokee National Holiday.
The ATA contributed $50,000 to the Tahlequah, Oklahoma, range, which is named after Joe Thornton, a Cherokee Nation citizen, 1961 World Archery Champion and 1962 British National Champion. Thornton, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, gave the order to fire the inaugural arrow, a bull’s-eye shot by his …Read the Rest
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