Current location:Earth Echoes news portal > politics
Native Youth Olympics: Alaska’s Indigenous teens emulate ancestors’ Arctic survival skills
Earth Echoes news portal2024-06-03 17:34:08【politics】6People have gathered around
IntroductionANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The athletes filling a huge gym in Anchorage were ready to compete, cheerin
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The athletes filling a huge gym in Anchorage were ready to compete, cheering and stomping and high-fiving each other as they lined up for the chance to claim the state’s top prize in their events.
But these teenagers were at the Native Youth Olympics, a statewide competition that attracts hundreds of Alaska Native athletes each year and pays tribute to the skills and techniques used by their ancestors to survive in the harsh polar climate.
Events at the competition that wraps up Saturday include a stick pull, meant to mimic holding onto a slippery seal as it fights to return to the water, and a modified, four-step broad jump that approximates leaping across ice floes on the frozen ocean.
For generations, Alaska Natives played these games to develop the skills they needed to become successful hunters — and survive — in an unforgiving climate.
Address of this article:http://mongolia.soorot.com/news-13d699346.html
Very good!(92)
Related articles
- Disruptions at University of Chicago graduation as school withholds 4 diplomas over protests
- Roman Gabriel, former NC State and pro quarterback who was the AP NFL MVP in 1969, dies at 83
- Ruud reaches his fourth final of the year in Barcelona
- Clarifications and corrections
- US Energy Secretary calls for more nuclear power while celebrating $35 billion Georgia reactors
- Remember me? Original Real Housewives of Orange County star Jo De La Rosa returns to the show
- Roman Gabriel, former NC State and pro quarterback who was the AP NFL MVP in 1969, dies at 83
- Trump picks up more national delegates as the only choice for Wyoming Republicans
- Maya Jama and Leonardo DiCaprio 'spark noise complaint at swanky London hotel as star
- As a super
Popular articles
Recommended
Oregon officials close entire coast to mussel harvesting due to shellfish poisoning
That'll show 'em! All
The US military will begin plans to withdraw troops from Niger
Real Madrid hosts Barcelona eyeing decisive blow in Spanish league title race
Todd Blanche says he was shocked Donald Trump took the verdict with 'solemness'
Farce as Met Police apologise for threatening to arrest 'openly Jewish' man caught in pro
Mail's Sarah Vine wins her FOURTH award as Lucy Letby podcast is acclaimed at the Press Awards
Arsenal back on top of English Premier League after win over Wolves
Links
- Laverne Cox dons fascinator and cleavage
- Judge denies pretrial release of a man charged with killing a Chicago police officer
- IOC imposes 15
- Adin Hill flashes old playoff form as Golden Knights beat Stars 2
- United Methodist delegates repeal their church’s ban on its clergy celebrating same
- Dua Lipa 'invites two
- Arizona is boosting efforts to protect people from the extreme heat after hundreds died last summer
- Alabama court won't revisit frozen embryo ruling
- Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas vows to continue his bid for an 11th term despite bribery indictment
- Fans react with horror to Britney Spears' meltdown amid new fears for her safety