Sports Pedagogy Courses

1) CAPOEIRA: AFRO-BRAZILIAN DANCE FIGHT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Presenter: Nicholas DeShaw, Bois Forte Ojibwe, University of Minnesota American Indian Studies Department Outreach Coordinator

This session provides an introduction to the basic movements of capoeira and how they can be used in your classroom. ​​

2) TRADITIONAL GAMES IN THE CLASSROOM

Presenter: Lamarr Oksasikewiyin, Nēhīyaw Tribe, BA, Academic Coach for the Mistawasis Nehiyawak School

This interactive workshop is to provide insight to Indigenous Traditional Games and how they are used in the classroom. I have been doing workshop presentations and professional development for Saskatchewan Teachers Federation on Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Math, as well as the Physical Education Association of Saskatchewan. These games we have played growing up on the reservation. They have many teachings behind them as well as insight to our ways of knowing and decolonization. 

3) TEACHING INDIGENOUS GAMES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION USING INDIGENOUS WAYS OF KNOWING: THE 8 WAYS PEDAGOGY

Presenter: Shane Pill is an Associate Professor in Physical Education and Sport, at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia and a Life Member and Fellow of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation

In this presentation I explain that curricula have been and are instruments of colonisation and explain the creation of a cultural interface through games and sport as one approach for decolonising PE. I use the Kaurna game Parndo (ASC, 2000) to exemplify a “Boomerang Matrix” of cultural interface knowledge through the synthesis of Yunkaporta’s (2009) Aboriginal pedagogy framework and the Game Sense Approach. I look at how a Year (Grade) 7 PE teaching team in one school implemented the approach in the Games and Sport focus area to address directly the Australian Curriculum Cross-curriculum Priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

4) EMPOWERING INDIGENOUS YOUTH THROUGH A FOCUS ON PLACE AND PHYSICAL LITERACY

Presenter: Brian Culp, Ed.D., Professor of Health and Physical Activity Leadership (HPAL) and Fulbright Scholar, Kennesaw State University, Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education

Globally, Indigenous youth are seeking to (re)connect with community and culture. In doing so, they are espousing alternative forms of well-being that contrast with the individual-focused, decontextualized, and restricted approaches of mainstream Western notions of health and well-being that have been harmful and disempowering. This session will overview recent perspectives that seek to better understand the perspective of Indigenous youth. Specific focus will be on sport pedagogy practices and placemaking initiatives. You can contact Brian at bculp1@kennesaw.edu.

5) NATURE GAMES: TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS GAMES AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IN OCEANIA

Presenter: Tom Fabian, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sport Management, University College Dublin, Ireland, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science

The presentation is about the connections between nature (or developing environmental stewardship) and traditional games in Indigenous cultures throughout Oceania. We delve into body cultures, Indigenous knowledge, and specific examples of traditional games in Oceania. Tom Fabian is a traditional games expert lecturing at University College Dublin (Ireland).

Sponsor: Spirit of Sovereignty – Indian Gaming Association

6) INUIT GAMES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Presenter: Kyle Kaayák’w Worl, Tlingit, Deg Hit’an Athabascan and Yup’ik, Inuit and Dene Sports Athlete and Coach: World Eskimo Indian Olympics, Arctic Winter Games, Native Youth Olympics and Inductee in the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame

Arctic Sports (Inuit Games) are a collection of Indigenous games based on hunting and survival skills of the north. The games trained both physical and mental abilities that allowed the indigenous people of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Chukotka to thrive in the Arctic for millennia. Today athletes from across the Arctic and beyond carry on the tradition of the games in events such as Native Youth Olympics, World Eskimo-Indian Olympic, and Arctic Winter Games.

7) MAKING SNOWSNAKES

Presenter: Larry Jacques, Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa, Director of Strategic Planning, Sault Tribe

This video describes my process for making Ojibwe style snow snakes. It is meant to share the techniques that I have learned and hopefully make people feel comfortable exploring their own creation of snow snakes. If you need anything please contact me at: Larryjacques1@gmail.com

8) GAME-BASED LEARNING IN THE MAYAN WORLD”

Presenter: Molly Tun, PhD, Program Director, World Languages & Cultures, Founding Spanish Guide, CLD Coordinator, The STEAD School, Commerce City, CO

In this session I will introduce game-based learning and some of its benefits, especially when framed within a specific cultural context. I will explore games and movement from the Mayan world in connection with their deeper cultural meanings. I will also consider different ways to bring these cultural games and perspectives to life into the classroom. 

9) CHEROKEE STICKBALL: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

Presenter: Dr. Natalie Welch, Eastern Cherokee, Sport Management Doctorate, University of Tennessee, Seattle University Marketing Assistant Professor & Rise Above Executive Director

Cherokee Stickball is one of the oldest sports in the world. Throughout the 21st century Cherokee Stickball has been explored from a more academic perspective, dissecting its cultural impact, including the influence of religion and ritual. In this session, Dr. Natalie Welch does an overview of Cherokee stickball, for both men and women, and its impact on her home community on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina.