DAKOTA games
Plum Stone Game
Photographs by Robin Nelson (2015)
The Plum Stone Game is a game of chance. Each Plum Stone has a different design. A player places all of the stones inside the bowl. Then, the bowl is tipped and the stones fall out. The player gets points based on which designs are facing up. Counting sticks are used to keep score.
Deer Toe Bone Game
The Deer Toe Bone game is a game of skill. It helps develop hand and eye coordination. You score points by holding on to the carved bone pin and swinging the hole- punched leather and toe bones into the air attempting to catch a toe bone or pierce a hole in the leather.
Play video to watch Deer Toe Bone game
Play video to watch Deer Toe Bone game
Double Ball Game
Left: WE PITISOWEWEPAHIKAN, Manataka™ American Indian Council Right: Photograph by Robin Nelson (2015)
The Double-Ball game is a team sport played much like hockey, but up in the air. Team sports teach us how to cooperate with one another and strengthen our body and our minds.
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1 Essential Question
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4 Winter Count – Definition
5 Winter Count – Explanation
6 Winter Count – Historian Image
7 Winter Count – Explanation of Winter Count images
8 Story Telling
9 Story Telling – Intro to Turtle Story
10 Toys
11 Games – Lacrosse Image
12 Games – Hoop and Arrow
13 Games – Games of Chance and Skill
14 Video – Explaining Traditional Games; Plum Stone Game; Deer Toe Bone Game; Double Ball Game
15 Snow Snake Game
16 Essential Question Review
17 Learning Goal Review
18 Extension of Learning
1 Essential Question
2 Learning Goal
3 Vocabulary Words
4 Winter Count – Definition
5 Winter Count – Explanation
6 Winter Count – Historian Image
7 Winter Count – Explanation of Winter Count images
8 Story Telling
9 Story Telling – Intro to Turtle Story
10 Toys
11 Games – Lacrosse Image
12 Games – Hoop and Arrow
13 Games – Games of Chance and Skill
14 Video – Explaining Traditional Games; Plum Stone Game; Deer Toe Bone Game; Double Ball Game
15 Snow Snake Game
16 Essential Question Review
17 Learning Goal Review
18 Extension of Learning