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Schedule for Traditional Games Clinic

                         June 22-24, 2010

Location: East Glacier Park Lodge, west lawn near pool

Tuesday, June 22^{nd -} Level I & II

9:30 a.m. Rotation through game stations. Games of skill, chance, and intuition.

Six stations: 1. Rock in Moccasin (observation & intuition) 2. Sticks in Fist (Intuition & probability) 3. Rock in Fist (observation & intuition) 4. Dice Game (chance & observation) 5. Guessing Sticks (estimation) 6. Guessing Rocks (estimation)

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m.

Outside on grass area: 1. Ring the Stick (manual dexterity & hand eye coordination) 2. Make the Stick Jump (Throwing skill for power and short distance accuracy) 3. Kickball Racing (speed & eye-foot coordination) and Run & Scream (lung capacity & running ability): 4. Tie-up (Problem Solving) 5. Stone House (speed, coordination, dexterity, observation in patterns, and imagination) 6. Ring and Pin (manaual dexterity and eye-hand coordination)

1:30 p.m.

Outside near pool: 1. Feather Darts (observation, knowledge of feathers, eye-hand coordination)2. Bull Roarer 3. Tops (skill & knowledge of how tops work) 4. Y- arrow game (throwing for accuracy) 5. Grass Snake (Strength and throwing technique), 6. Hoop & Stake (throwing skill for accuracy).

2:30 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m.

(team games)

1. Doubleball field 2. Shinney field 3. Hoop & Dart Games field 4. Atlatl field

5. Lacrosse field 6. Footbags area.

5:00 p.m. Break for Dinner

7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Books and sources of reference for researching the traditional games. Review for Certification test, MSU-Northern credit studies, renewal units, culture questions. (place to be announced)

Wednesday, June 23^rd - East Glacier Park Lodge back lawn: Level I & Level II

8:30 - 5:00

Crafting of the equipment for the above listed games.

Participants will meet under the west deck next to the road behind the Lodge (west side)

Bring pocket knife or box cutter and ratcheting pruner, plus hat and sun glasses.

Friday, June 24^th

The Level I groups will meet at 9:00 a.m. on back lawn of East Glacier Park Lodge. Level I will finish crafting and prepare for certification test at 11:00 a.m. They will be finished with clinic at noon.

Level II.

Level II participants will tell how they have been using the traditional games and tell what they would need in more support for their efforts.

9:00 – 4:00 p.m. Richard Horn will share knowledge on tops, atlatls, snow snakes, dolls, and games he has found. Building clinic teams, partnering for games presentations, and crafting plans

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Test for Level II

Certificates will be mailed within two weeks of the finish of the clinic. The Board of Directors of the International Traditional Games Society sincerely hopes that each participant carry their new knowledge of the culture and history of American Indian games respectfully into their own families and teaching programs.

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