Cultural Heritage Revival Project

Cultural Heritage Revival Project Cultural Heritage Revival Project Can you imagine being born into that? Everywhere you look in Mongolia you will see art with horse archers.

CULTURAL HERITAGE REVIVAL PROJECT - Sponsored by Trey Schlichting & Horseback Field Archery Association

Have you ever seen or experienced the deprivation racked upon native cultures from poverty and subjugation? Stripped of your identity, your self-worth, your language, and the historical practices that linked you to cultural heritage? I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to compete in

the Asian Mounted Archery Championships in Mongolia. While I was there, I was able to realize my life’s dream of riding Mongolian ponies across the steppe and competing in horseback archery in the region where the first horses were ever ridden astride. After the tournament, my fellow competitors from around the world were blessed by being able to stay in a traditional Ger camp and trek across the steppe for three days. In the evening, all of us spent the evenings with archery games shooting both rolling and flying targets. I was astonished when I noticed native Mongolians that were driving or walking by, came back with their families to sit in the grass and watch us for hours on end. I discovered upon asking, that under Soviet control Mongolians had 2,000 Buddhist priests executed in one day and the people were banned from having last names, clan affiliations and practicing their ancient customs of mounted archery. Their culture, shamanic religion, and history begins and revolves around a horseman with a bow. After a couple of generations the knowledge of how to do it [horseback archery] for most, has been lost. As a developing nation, the Mongolian people are hungry for equipment and the skills to regain their lost heritage as horse archers. After reflecting inward, it didn’t take long to recognize this same adversity had also occurred right here in the United States with our own Native American culture. With all that in mind, we decided to come together and make a difference. The Cultural Heritage Revival Project was born, with the intention to raise money for bows, arrows, and training to help rebuild what has been lost within these ancient cultures. Our mission is to give back hope, a sense of pride and well-being to people who share our passion for horseback archery and its integrity building effects. Horseback Archery is one of man’s earliest known martial arts. Both the bow and horse are spiritual vehicles to many cultures around the world. However, over time in both the birth place of riding astride (modern day Mongolia) and in the United States, the art is all but forgotten with native cultures who embraced it as a way of life. The Cultural Heritage Revival Project was established to give back the tools and education to native cultures that have had it stripped away from them by the hegemonic influences of governments and time. The way of the bow and the way of the horse are both pathways to meditation. The pursuit of the two together offer positive influences to the body and soul that are hard to quantify. Please help us in our efforts to give back some of what has been lost, and revive horse archery within the cultures that brought it to us so long ago.

07/26/2022
The amazing girls on this year’s team are brave riders with inspiring talent. I am so glad to be able to shoot with them...
09/02/2019

The amazing girls on this year’s team are brave riders with inspiring talent. I am so glad to be able to shoot with them.

We had a wonderful time riding, shooting and laughing at the Texas International Archery Festival. I’m especially proud ...
04/29/2019

We had a wonderful time riding, shooting and laughing at the Texas International Archery Festival. I’m especially proud of Bethany with only one year of training she achieved 3rd place on both the Kabak and serial shot, and Turkish ground!
Zoe won champion war horse. I’m looking forward to going again next year.

04/09/2018
01/20/2018

Ever ridden a horse, or know someone who has? Ever shot a traditional bow? Did you know that horseback archery is an international sport and martial art? Can you imagine being two meters off the ground, riding a 1000 pound animal at over 20 miles per hour shooting targets as you race by? The cul...

When it comes to Cultural Heritage in mounted archery, few things fit as well as Horseback Field Archery. This video sho...
11/01/2017

When it comes to Cultural Heritage in mounted archery, few things fit as well as Horseback Field Archery. This video shows both primary and secondary follow through of the shot, riding in two different directions with out any rein contact and constant anchor and full martial draw of the bow.

After the Texas Open Tero of Finland, Gracie and I had fun running the Comanche Attack course all at the same time, a simulated raid where we all selected di...

10/23/2017
Ashton Sauceda Is a descendent of the Chiricahua Apache. The band made famous by the medicine man Geronim and Chief Naic...
10/04/2017

Ashton Sauceda Is a descendent of the Chiricahua Apache. The band made famous by the medicine man Geronim and Chief Naichi. She has agreed to become a spokesman for the Cultural Heritage Revival Project, a charity charged with teaming and sharing North American Martial Archery with Native Americans.

This is the "Sky Dog" horse-bow. Made by the master bowyer Attila Keresztes. It is based on the Plains Indian gullwing b...
09/21/2017

This is the "Sky Dog" horse-bow. Made by the master bowyer Attila Keresztes. It is based on the Plains Indian gullwing bow shape and is made from modern materials for the modern sport and martial art of Horseback Archery. No longer will American horsearchers have to show up with Asiatic equipment to compete.
This marks the first American Flat bow specially designed to represent North American Cultural Heritage in the modern sport of Horseback Archery.
Bow can be purchased here:
https://attilasarchery.com/shop/bows/sky-dog/

This is the "Sky Dog" horse-bow, it is based on the Plains Indian gullwing bow shape and is made from modern materials f...
06/07/2017

This is the "Sky Dog" horse-bow, it is based on the Plains Indian gullwing bow shape and is made from modern materials for the modern sport and martial art of Horseback Archery. No longer will American horsearchers have to show up with Asiatic equipment to compete. Here is a link to the bow if you want one.
https://attilasarchery.com/shop/bows/sky-dog/

As you know we have been dividing our time with many different interest in the Horse Archery community. One such venture...
06/06/2017

As you know we have been dividing our time with many different interest in the Horse Archery community. One such venture is "The Cultural Heritage Revival Project" which as the name states invest time and money in the development of cultural Heritage of horseback archery. As such we have just raised $800 worth of equipment to send bows to Mongolia to help them rebuild that part of their culture lost to the Soviet Union's hegemonic control of that country. With this milestone accomplished we will be focusing our efforts on now here at home for North American Cultural Heritage of mounted archery as sport, martial art and ceremony. We wanted to thank everyone who has helped out along the way, and invite folks to donate arrows, bows or quivers to the people who need it and can not afford it. On the 15 we will be mailing out the bows and arrows collected and if you have any last minute gifts you have till then to be part of the this history of giving people back their culture. Here is a link to the page, like us and spread the word. Thank you

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