Monday, March 22, 2010
Training for the Native Youth Olympics
After school, I watched some of the kids train for the native youth Olympics that are held at the district level at the beginning of April. There are 10 disciplines in total, including the kneel jump, the seal hop, the Alaskan high kick and the wrist carry (for more information see this link). The coach explained to me that all the disciplines teach one of the talents or strengths that the Eskimo need for hunting or survival. These following pictures show Stevie practicing his Alaskan high kick (notice the golf ball he's kicking):
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Mirjam,
Great photos... I scrolled down and found them :).No problem. Interesting link to the Native Youth Olympics.
How is Cat? Hope she feels better.
The Native Olympics are really amazing! I'm always so impressed at the strength and stamina that the competitors have! Have you been to the World Eskimo Indian Olympics? I think it will be back in Fairbanks this year ... usually in August. It's a great program to go to ... maybe you would see some of these students competing there!
I practiced with the Noorvik team a little yesterday. Its pretty amazing what these kids can do (and less amazing what I can't do)
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