Summer"Traditional Games Camp - For Families " Chewing Black Bones Campground - on Lower St. Mary's Lake - Blackfeet Reservation, Montana - - July 16 - 19, 2009. Contact: DeeAnna Leader: leader@3riversdbs.net 406-360-1936 cell; 406-226-0141 Office The Blackfeet Manpower program and
International Traditional Games Society have planned "Native Games
Family Camp" for July 16 - 18 this summer at Lower St. Mary's Lake next
to Glacier National Park. This event will celebrate the 10th
anniversary of the return of traditional American Indian games to
tribes of the northwest.
Chewing Blackbones campground will provide space for team events
such as family lacrosse, doubleball, and shinney. Individual events
will be bow shooting, atlatl, hoop & arrow games, and canoe races.
There will not be available space on site for campers because of
on-going upgrades to the regular camp area. Camping and lodging should
be sought at St. Mary's, Babb, and Swift Current Lodge.
Originating from a summer games camp on the Blackfeet Reservation
in 1999, the games have traveled to culture camps across the northwest.
Now the Blackfeet people are honoring their return by hosting this
camp.
All people are invited to Blackfeet "Native Games Family Camp."
Help us celebrate this family gathering where humor, good fun, and
serious competitions bring all nations together. Downloadable registration form below.
The celebration of Blackfeet ancient horse events will be near East
Glacier on July 15, 2009. Details details will be posted here when available. See 2005 horse games page.