REVIVING INDIAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE TO SECURE OUR FUTURE

 

Executive Summary

The 

Native American Indian Historical Games

 

 

The Mission:

 

We will use the National Congress of American Indians Resolution to support the Native American Indian Historical Games. This will be accomplished by reintroducing the historical games, once played by Native Americans, and have Native Americans engage in national and International recognized competitions. These Sporting Events and other American Indian Culture events will be used to promote the education and preservation of American Indian Culture and Heritage. The education through these Native American Events will offer solutions to help prevent the high prevalence of diet and lifestyle-related health disparities which plague Native American Indian youth.

 

The Purpose:

 

This project brings the opportunity to promote the ESPN International’s “Natives of the Americas” Traditional Sports Events. They are all in the spirit of Traditional Native American Sporting Engagement and to share the Excitement, Understanding, and Sporting Skills to people around the World.  These types of events can lead to Peace, Health, Education, Understanding of others, and Uniting all Nations. The games provide a unique chance to reconnect Native Americans with their heritage, culture and offer a more accurate portrayal of how they lived and played. Many modern games originated from the original format of these Native American Historical Games and in this original format many have never been seen by modern man.   

 

 

 

 

 

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Objectives:

 

1. To Support the Resolution passed by The National Congress of American Indians. Resolution #TUL-05-119, Title: Support for the “Native American Indian Historical Games” and Formation of a National Organization to Conduct the Games. This resolution is supported by all 550 tribes and by Ken Klaudt whom is a historian and founder of NAIHG with more than 40 years of research.
2. Showcase 3 Native American Historical games in Tulsa, October 11th 2011, the day prior to The Triathlon “Test of Manhood”.
3. Support the ESPN International’s “Natives of the Americas” Traditional Sports Events initiative by organizing Traditional Native American Indian Sports events in various Reservations and Community Centers in North, Central, South America, and the Caribbean during years 2012 -2016. This initiative leads to a selection and invitational process to appear at the Annual Native American Indian Historical Games events in 2012 through 2016 with a Grande “Natives of the Americas” Sports Games event in 2016.
4. Create a collection of Native American Fitness and Food for Life DVD’s.

 

ESPN International Objective:

 

“Create a sport event that is a competition comprised of exciting traditional indigenous sport athletes from around the Americas (North, South and the Caribbean) competing on an annual basis. The competition contains day and evening events from a list of over 30 Native of the Americas competition.

• This project is a catalyst to explore the value of sport in the life of indigenous peoples and to share this traditional sport and cultural experience with sport fans throughout the ESPN Network. 
• A core project is “Sports Tour “– conducting 3 local sports clinics by ESPN International personalities on Native of the Americas reservations and community centers in North, South, Central America and the Caribbean. Clinics will incorporate sporting skills and the associated health, education and social disciples that success in sport requires.”

  

 

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The Success Strategy:

 

By combining the annual ESPN's Native American Indian Historical Games and all the Sports Clinic events, they will serve as a catalyst and enable us to share globally Traditional Native American Sports and Culture through the vast ESPN International Network. This program has already gained the endorsement of many International stars such The Oak Ridge Boys, and other top performing artist.

 

 

The Implementation:

2011 - Tulsa (October): International 2011 Triathlon in Oklahoma
2012 - ESPN’s International USA Sports Tour with Sports Clinics

2013 - ESPN's International USA & Canada Sports Tour

2014 - ESPN's International USA & the Caribbean Sports Tour

2015 - ESPN's International USA & Central America Sports Tour

2016 - ESPN's International USA & South America Sports Tour

2016 - ESPN’s International Native American Indian Historical Games

 

A little about Ken Klaudt the Chief Commissioner of the Native American Indian Historical Games and originator of this program

Ken Klaudt (Chief Standing Strong), a Native American historian and an elder of the Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Tribes, and direct descendant of Little Soldier a scout at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, son of Sitting Bull and from the village that found and raised Sacagawea who later lead Lewis and Clark expedition West. He has exhaustively researched the games first played on this continent by indigenous people. Together with this research Ken has been planning these games for over forty years, and through them hopes to turn his dream into a reality. "This gives us a chance to describe who we are. The games will unite tribes from across the U.S. and Canada, providing a unique chance to reconnect Native Americans with their heritage, culture, and offer a more accurate portrayal of how they lived and played.

 

 

 

 

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Supporting the Program:

 

“Wings of America”

 

An American Youth Sports Development Program which started in 1998 and has been successful ever since. See www.wingsofamerica.org for more details.

 

We have obtained approval to initiate this Youth Sport’s Program chapters in reservations with the local tribes under the same structure as the original group.

 

About Wings.

 

Mission Statement:  

“The mission of Wings is to enhance the quality of life for American Indian youth. In partnership with Native communities, Wings uses Running as a catalyst to empower American Indian and Alaskan Native youth to take pride in themselves and their cultural identity, leading to increased self esteem, health and wellness, leadership, hope, balance, and harmony.”

 

Programs Measurement:
A Wings survey conducted in 2000, showed a 99% high school graduation rate, with 94% of our participants going on to college. Results of the survey indicated that overall, WOA participants are attaining a higher level of education, have lower incidences of arrests, less use of alcohol and illegal drugs, are having their first child a year or two later than average, and they are more physically active and maintaining healthier lives than their same-age peers in the larger American Indian and general populations. 

 

 

 

 

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Some of the Native American Historical Sports to be filmed are:

1. Indian Stickball, from which American football, basketball, soccer, ice      hockey, and lacrosse derived their rules.
2. Original Indian Dodge Ball.
3. Lacrosse.
4. Greatest Brave Marathon (canoeing, running, swimming, horseback          riding, bow & arrow and weaponry).
5. Horseback Buffalo Robe keep away game.
6. Indian Polo – bare horseback riding chasing a ball with a short coup stick.
7. 30 Horse and Dog Sled Race among Tribes.
8. Horseback relay race among tribes. 
9. Scouts trick and bareback contest.
10. Tomahawk Throwing Contest (standing and on horseback).
11. 21 Knife Throwing Contest (standing and on horseback).
12. Bow & Arrow Contest (standing and on horseback).
13. Spear Throwing Contest (standing and on horseback).
14. Blow Gun Contest (standing and on horseback).
15. Old Indian wrestling (tethered mouth-to-mouth).
16. Alligator Wrestling.
17. The Ultimate Warrior which consists of Bow and Arrow, Spear Throwing,         Tomahawk Throwing, and The 21 Knife Throw, all on Horseback.
18. Greatest Brave Marathon.
19. Dug Out and Traditional Canoe Racing.
20. Horse Racing.
21. Wilderness Long Distance Foot Relay.
22. Wilderness Survival Contest.
23. Village Tepee erection and take-down.
24. Scout stronghold retrieval contest.
25. Hunter’s wildlife tracking skills completion.
26. Eskimo Blanket toss.
27. Native Fishing, Swimming , Diving.
28. Tribal Dance Contest(hoop, Fancy, Traditional, Southwest, Hawaiian)
29. Women and Men Thoka game…similar to Hockey

For more information please contact:Ken Klaudt c/o Sahnish Innovations LLC

6087 Buford Hwy Ste A Norcoss, GA 30071   ||  770-448-5355  ||  www.kenklaudt.com  || lastarikara1@aol.com

 

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OPEN PDF FILES:

 

1. Native American Indian Historial Games Executive Summary

 

2.The National Congress of American Indians Resolution #TUL-05-119