1st Nations

1^st Peoples Buffalo Jump in Ulm, MT

March 26-27, 2011

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Schedule for Traditional Games Clinic

March 26 – 27, 2011

First Peoples Buffalo Jump

Saturday, March 26, 2011

8:00 – 8:30 Registration

8:30 Opening and welcome: DeeAnna Leader, ITGS Executive Director and Richard Hopkins, First Nations Buffalo Jump Director

Prayer: Int. Traditional Games Society and introductions of participants

9:00 Opening of Blanket Ceremony & introduction to the history, culture, and events of the research, resurrection, and restoration of Plains Indian games to Montana tribes.

Plains Indian games to Montana tribes.

10:30 Rotation: Games of skill, chance, and intuition.

1. Sticks in Fist (Intuition & probability) and

2. Tie Up

3. Rock in Fist (observation & intuition)

4. Dice Game (chance & observation)

5. Guessing Sticks (estimation) & Guessing Rocks (estimation)

6. Stone House (speed, coordination, dexterity, observation in patterns, and imagination)

7. Ring the Stick (manual dexterity & hand eye coordination)

11:45 Lunch

1:15 Rotation

1. Y- arrow game (throwing for accuracy)

2. Hoop & Stake (throwing skill for accuracy)

3. Make the Stick Jump (Throwing skill for power and short distance accuracy)

4. Kickball Racing (speed & eye-foot coordination)

5. Run & Scream (lung capacity & running ability)

2:30 – 2:45 Break

2:45

Shinney

Doubleball

Single Pole Lacrosse

5:00 p.m. – done for day

Sunday, March 27, 2011

8:30 to 11:45 Crafting

11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 – 3:30 p.m. Finish Crafting ( Get instructor signature on finished equipment)

3:30 Clean up

3:40 Lecture & Parting comments

4:30 Certification Test