Indigenous Games & Storytelling Workshop
SaskOutdoors is hosting an Indigenous Games & Storytelling Workshop in partnership with Nature Saskatchewan. We are honoured to have Alphonse Obey from Piapot First Nation to facilitate and teach this workshop once more.
Alphonse will share his traditional knowledge of Indigenous games through storytelling and teach us how to play several traditional games including Pyramid Handball, Double Ball, Shinny, Run and Scream, plus more. These Indigenous games were, and still can be, a traditional way to share knowledge and develop survival skills in Indigenous culture. While non-Indigenous cultures may see “play” as a separate experience from regular life, Alphonse believes that play is at the center of all learning in traditional Indigenous culture. These games teach skills including agility, strength, balance, reflexes, hand-eye coordination, accuracy, strategy, intuition, patience, as well as combined mental and physical well-being.
As a part of our discussion, we will discuss cultural appropriation and explore our roles in regard to Truth and Reconciliation in Saskatchewan and Canada.
All participants will be gifted these games to teach to others and will have also created their own kit of Indigenous games to help them educate in future.
Let’s get outside and play together!
*This workshop always fills up quickly – make sure to register ASAP!
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SaskOutdoors is hosting an Indigenous Games & Storytelling Workshop in partnership with Nature Saskatchewan. We are honoured to have Alphonse Obey from Piapot First Nation to facilitate and teach this workshop once more.
Alphonse will share his traditional knowledge of Indigenous games through storytelling and teach us how to play several traditional games including Pyramid Handball, Double Ball, Shinny, Run and Scream, plus more. These Indigenous games were, and still can be, a traditional way to share knowledge and develop survival skills in Indigenous culture. While non-Indigenous cultures may see “play” as a separate experience from regular life, Alphonse believes that play is at the center of all learning in traditional Indigenous culture. These games teach skills including agility, strength, balance, reflexes, hand-eye coordination, accuracy, strategy, intuition, patience, as well as combined mental and physical well-being.
As a part of our discussion, we will discuss cultural appropriation and explore our roles in regard to Truth and Reconciliation in Saskatchewan and Canada.
All participants will be gifted these games to teach to others and will have also created their own kit of Indigenous games to help them educate in future.
Let’s get outside and play together!
*This workshop always fills up quickly – make sure to register ASAP!