FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Hockey
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Archery
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Golf
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Lacross
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shinny. Native Americans played a form of hockey called Shinny. This European name for the Native American game was derived from the Scottish game “Shinty, ” due to the games similarities in materials and rules.
Detailed explanation-2: -First, hockey was described as an authentically indigenous game, a sport first played by northern Natives that was now being reappropriated in this colorful tour. Headdresses, buckskin jer-seys, and invented players’ names (e.g., “Tomahawk”) confirmed the Aboriginal nature of the game.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ice hockey was first observed by Europeans being played by Micmac Indians in Nova Scotia in the late 1600’s. It was called “ricket” by those Natives. The puck used was a frozen road apple.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lacrosse was invented by Indigenous tribes in North America and has since become a global sport. Originally called stickball, the Algonquian peoples in the St. Lawrence Valley were the first to play the game.
Detailed explanation-5: -One of the most popular Native American sports was lacrosse. This is still a popular sport today. Different tribes had different names for the sport including stickball, bump hips, kabucha, and little brother of war.