On Wednesday March 6th CLES students were able to participate in Indigenous Traditional Field Games and Sports led by special guests Vanessa Lozecznik, and Alan and Eric from Flatbow Society. 

Indigenous Traditional Field Games are fun, educational activities that promote skills development through physical activity and cultural immersion. Indigenous traditional games were an important way to carry on with traditions and develop needed skills such as agility, communication, teamwork, strength, balance, reflexes, hand-eye coordination, accuracy, strategy, intuition, and patience. These are skills Indigenous hunters, gatherers and fishermen relied on to feed their communities.  By immersing groups in traditional field games historically played by Indigenous groups all over Turtle Island (North America) we are respecting these traditional games and teachings.