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OKMULGEE – This 12 months, through the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s fiftieth Festival, the annual Traditional Games have been held on the Claude Cox Omniplex on June 20. During the occasion, they served lunch, performed stickball, heard Mvskoke storytelling, competed within the turtle races, and demonstrated the sport Chunkey. 80 residents attended the occasion, and MCN Principal Chief David Hill even participated within the video games himself.
Traditional Games Coordinator Johnnie Sue Wesley (Mvskoke/SacNFox) spoke about this 12 months’s occasion, her first to coordinate.
According to Wesley, a time crunch meant sticking with 4 actions, however she was very pleased with the turnout. She mentioned they’d at the very least 80 folks come by as a result of they have been in a position to give away all their boxed lunches. In the longer term, she hopes to see this broaden, with a clearer timeframe for planning extra actions.
She thinks the children had a extremely enjoyable time and even seen the MCN Chief participated in every part. She mentioned she additionally thinks the residents loved seeing him work together on the occasion.
“It went really good, and I did hear from the kids. They really loved the turtle race. One little boy made sure to come and tell me that he liked throwing that atlatl,” Wesley mentioned.
Wesley’s favourite occasion was the turtle racing as a result of, she mentioned, laughing, she noticed everybody yelling and making an attempt to get these turtles out of the circle.
Traditional Game Turtle Racing Results
Age Group 0-6:
1st place- Luke Sand from Okmulgee, together with his turtle “Luke”
2nd place- Presley Agee from Henryetta together with her turtle “Michael Jackson”
Age Group 7-13:
1st place- Paden from Henryetta together with her turtle “Franklin”
2nd place- Harper from Okmulgee together with her turtle “Taco”
third place- Lakota Price and Deacon from Beggs with their turtle “Donatello”
Adults:
1st place- Melissa Beaver together with her turtle “Franklin”
2nd Chief Hill together with his turtle “Okfuskee Fvmbe”
third place- Pam David together with her turtle “Luke”
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