Schedule for Traditional Games Clinic

October 20 - 21, 2011

Salish Kootenai College

Pablo, Montana

Level I, II and III Training

 

Thursday, October 20, 2011

8:00 – 8:30 Registration (Louie Caye Building on the South campus)

Level I & II

8:30 Opening and welcome: Host (Louie Caye Building located on the South Campus)

Prayer and introductions of participants

 

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

9:45 Break

10:00 Rotation: Games of skill, chance, and intuition.

            Level I (Louie Caye Building located on the South Campus)

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)

 

            Level II (Louie Caye Building located on the South Campus)

1. Feather Darts (observation, knowledge of feathers, eye-hand coordination)

2. Tops (skill & knowledge of how tops work)

3. Arrow games

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11:45 Lunch (provided by SKC)

 

12:30 Rotation: Skills of speed and dexterity

            Level I (Louie Caye Building located on the South Campus)

All:  Stone House (speed, coordination, dexterity, observation in patterns, and imagination)

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

2. Y- arrow game (throwing for accuracy

3. Hoop & Stake (throwing skill for accuracy).

4. Hoop & Arrow Games

 

            Level II (Louie Caye Building located on the South Campus)

1. Ring & Pin (manual dexterity & eye-hand coordination

2. Other hand held games.

 

1:30 – 2:00 Rotation: Games of Speed, accuracy, and endurance

            Level I (Louie Caye Building located on the South Campus)

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

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

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

 

Schedule cont.

 

            Level II (Louie Caye Building located on the South Campus)

1. Grass & Snow Snakes (Strength and throwing technique)

 

2:00 Break

 

2:15 – 4:45 Team Games & Community/family games

            Level I (Louie Caye Building located on the South Campus)

1. Shinney 
2. Doubleball  
3. Single Pole Lacrosse

 

            Level II (Louie Caye Building located on the South Campus)

1. Atlatl
2. Ball game

5:00 Dismissed for day

 

Friday. October 21, 2011

8:30 a.m. to  9:30 a.m. Level I & III Rock in the Fist Tournament and Giveaway (Joe McDonald Health Center, Camas Room)

 

                          Level II Crafting (Joe McDonald Health Center, Camas Room)

 

9:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.  All levels crafting  (Joe McDonald Health Center, Camas Room)

 

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Lunch (provided by SKC)

 

12:15 – 4:30 p.m.   Finish Crafting and clean-up

 

4:45 Level III meeting (Joe McDonald Health Center, Camas Room)

 

        *Levels I & II dismissed for day.

 

Saturday, October 22, 2011

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Instructor signature required on finished equipment.  Get photo taken with equipment. (Johnny Arlee Victor Charlo Theater)

 

10:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.  Review of information and research and preparation for tests for Levels I & II. (Johnny Arlee Victor Charlo Theater)

 

11:20 a.m. Closing prayer (SKC- Johnny Arlee Victor Charlo Theater)

11:30 a.m. Tests given (Johnny Arlee Victor Charlo Theater)

 

Good travels home.  Certificates will be mailed within two weeks.  Use new information with great happiness for family, friends, and jobs.