Posted September 15, 2016 2:07 pm by Comments

By Justin Stakes

(L to R): Cherokee Nation Director of Planning and Development David Moore, Executive Director of Management Resources Bruce Davis, Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin Jr., Deputy Principal Chief S. Joe Crittenden, World Archery Champion Joe Thornton, Principal Chief Bill John Baker, Tribal Councilor Rex Jordan, Deputy Executive Director of Education Services Ron Etheridge, archery program coordinator Brian Jackson, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Education Supervisor Colin Berg and Cherokee County Game Warden Brady May.
(L to R): Cherokee Nation Director of Planning and Development David Moore, Executive Director of Management Resources Bruce Davis, Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin Jr., Deputy Principal Chief S. Joe Crittenden, World Archery Champion Joe Thornton, Principal Chief Bill John Baker, Tribal Councilor Rex Jordan, Deputy Executive Director of Education Services Ron Etheridge, archery program coordinator Brian Jackson, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Education Supervisor Colin Berg and Cherokee County Game Warden Brady May.
Archery Trade Association
Archery Trade Association

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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