Games and recreation are important parts of the Native American culture. Get two bones or sticks that look about the same. One bone or stick needs to be marked on one end with dark ink. The game is carried out by two players. The first player holds the bones behind her back and shuffles them. she then holds the bones in front of her with the ends hidden in her hands. The second players chooses one of the bones. If he chose the bone with the marked end, he now shuffles and holds the bones and the first player guesses. Continue in this way
 

 Play this rhythmic stick-passing game.

1. Arrange the children in a circle. Give one child a bone, and give each of the other children a stick.
2. Keep a beat with a drum. Players pass the sticks and bone in time with the beat in the following fashion: Tap the stick (or bone) on the ground (first beat), tap it again (second beat), pass it to the player on your right while receiving from the player on the left (third beat), change the new stick (or bone) from the left hand to the right hand (fourth beat).
3. When the music stops, the player holding the bone gives the bone to the player on his right, then leaves the circle, joining the rhythm makers and keeping beat with drums, bells, or hand clapping. The winner of the game is the last child to remain in the circle (games found in: Powwow Celebration Box, pamphlet: Lakeshore Learning Materials,1993).
 
 
 

Overview

Iroquois

Sioux

Hopi

Shoshone

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