The ball was put in play by being thrown from one end of the field to the two players in the middle. To score a point a player was required to touch the goal post with the ball, or if the ball was thrown and hit the post, the play likewise counted. The first side to score a chosen number of points won the game.
This game is seldom played, and the older game, formerly played with rackets kapocha , has not been played for several years. During the hot months of the year a favorite pastime of the boys and men Consisted in trying to swim blindfolded a wide stream to a certain point on the opposite bank. The first to reach the goal was declared the winner.
Somewhat similar amusement participated in by the boys and young men consisted in rolling down hills while wrapped and tied in blankets or skins, the first to reach a certain line being the winner. As there are few hills in the vicinity of Bayou Lacomb, they resorted to the sloping banks of streams or bayous, but avoided the water. The game of chungke may never have been in vogue with them, although it was played extensively by the main part of the Choctaw tribe. Topics: Choctaw , Games ,. Locations: St.
Tammany Parish LA ,. The balls were made from stitched hide stuffed with deer hair, often with a small stone or other solid object in the center. Balls were quite hard and capable of inflicting injury as the competitors flung them back and forth to one another at high speed.
Players generally went barefoot and wore only a breechcloth. Stickball fields varied in size depending on the number of players. Team size did not matter as long as the two sides were evenly matched. Goal posts were of three types: a single post, paired posts, and paired posts with a crossbar. Goals varied according to the type of post being used, but generally players had to strike the single post with the ball or pass through the paired posts while in possession of the ball.
Each goal was generally worth one point, with varying numbers needed for a win, and this in turn determined the length of each game.
Each team had at least one leader, whose role was comparable in some ways to that of a modern coach: he was paid, gave advice at practices, and often gave inspirational talks before games. These men tended to be shamans as well and performed rituals calling for skill and strength for their team and protection from the actions of rival shamans. Players were also expected to avoid certain foods and activities in the days leading up to a contest.
For instance, no one was to eat rabbit because it was thought the rabbit's tendency to become frightened and run about in a confused manner would be passed on to the player.
The most important prohibition, however, was avoiding women, whose power it was believed would diminish a man's martial capabilities.
Stickball Player In addition to the standard stickball game, most southeastern Indian groups had a version in which a team of men competed against a team of women. This type of contest often featured a single goal in the middle of the field and modified rules. The interior appear to be wound up store-bought thread.
Notes: This is a "tailed" stickball. The ball itself is woven from a commercial leather, using an unusual technique. At the turn of the 20th century, a stickball ground was located on the line between western Atoka and eastern Pontotoc County. Hotly contested games were played here between the Choctaw and Chickasaw residents of the counties twice a year. This ball could well have seen action at the field. Notes: Hats such as this, were worn by Choctaw stickball players particularly captains , around the turn of the century.
This piece was made using different colors of cloth and store-bought thread. Tribal Council Council Meetings and Bills. Tribal Codes. The person on the opposite team across from that player tries to guess where the marble is hidden. If the guess is correct, his team receives one point and that team continues guessing in turn. If the guess is incorrect, he scores nothing for his team and the opposing team begins guessing.
The game continues until all of the twenty counters have been distributed. This game, like other Indian games, keeps score with small markers or counters, which may be a small pebble, a pottery fragment, a grain of corn, or a special disc made of stone.
The team with the largest number of the points wins the game. Chunkey was a popular game played by men in the Southeastern Indian tribes, a version of the hoop and pole game played by Native Americans all over North America. A wheel shaped disc made of polished stone or clay was rolled down the field.
Two players held long poles, and just as the chunkey stone stopped rolling, each player cast his pole at the stone. The player coming closest to or touching the stone wins.
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