Traditional Games Certification Clinic in - Bozeman, MT - DURING MEA Days October 15-16, 2009. Registration: Levels 1 & II - $250.00/per person. Only one level per/event. Level II requires previous Level I certification.

I.T.G.S.  P.O. Box 408, East Glacier, MT 59434 Email: games@traditionalnativegames.org.  Call: 406-226-9141 - Make Checks to: "I.T.G.S" (mail with registration form or register on site.  (Assurance notification of attendance will hold place in clinic by the order received)

Renewal units and college undergraduate and graduate credit available through MSU-Northern for $120.

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Schedule for Traditional Games Clinic

                             October 15 -16, 2009

Level I Training

Chief Joseph Middle School:  Gym and Fields  4255 Kimberwicke, Bozeman, MT  59718

 

8:00 – 8:30  Registration in gym

 

8:30 Opening and welcome: Bonnie Sacatello-Sawyer, Hopa Mountain. Prayer: Richard Horn (Blackfeet) Int. Traditional Games Society. Introductions of participants.

 

9:30  Opening of Blanket Ceremony & introduction to the history, culture, and events of the research, resurrection, and restoration of Plains Indian games to Montana tribes.

 

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

In gymnasium: four stations:  1.  Sticks in Fist (Intuition & probability) and Tie Up

 2. Rock in Fist (observation & intuition)  3. Dice Game (chance & observation) 

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

 

11:45 Lunch on your own

 

1:15

Inside in gym   1. Feather Darts (observation, knowledge of feathers, eye-hand coordination ) 2.Tops (skill & knowledge of how tops work).

Outside gym back door on grass area  3.  Y- arrow game (throwing for accuracy and 4. Hoop & Stake (throwing skill for accuracy).

 

2:30 – 2:45 Break

 

2:45

Inside the gym: 1. Stone House (speed, coordination, dexterity, observation in patterns, and imagination) 2. Ring the Stick (manual dexterity & hand eye coordination) and Ring & Pin (manual dexterity & eye-hand coordination

Outside gym back door on grass area: 3. Make the Stick Jump (Throwing skill for power and short distance accuracy)   4.  Kickball Racing (speed & eye-foot coordination) and Run & Scream (lung capacity & running ability)

 

3:45 p.m. 1. Grass & Snow Snakes (Strength and throwing technique) 2. Atlatl Casing   3. Shinney  4 .Doubleball

 

 

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.  Dinner on your own

 

6:30 p.m.– 8:30 p.m. Crafting Game Equipment

 

Friday, October 16

  

 

8:30 to 11:45 Crafting

 

11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch on your own

 

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

 

4:00 – Two stations of lecture: A.  Richard Horn and Assistant: “The Culture and Traditions of Indian Games     B.  DeeAnna Brady-Leader: “Using the Traditional Games Concepts in Modern Education.

 

5:00 – Dinner on own

 

6:30 – Participants go to the other station:  A.  Richard Horn and Assistant: “The Culture and Traditions of Indian Games     B.  DeeAnna Brady-Leader and Assistant: “Using the Traditional Games Concepts in Modern Education.

 

7:30 – Preparation for the Clinic Test.

 

8:00 – Clinic test for Level I certification and closing comments

 

 
 
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