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The Cheyenne named two months of the year after the game: January is known as Ok sey' e shi his, "Hoop-and-stick game moon", and February as Mak ok sey' i shi, "Big hoop-and-stick game moon". [55] Among the Blackfeet, children would play the game by throwing a feathered stick through the rolling hoop. [56]
Chunkey (also known as chunky, chenco, tchung-kee or the hoop and stick game [1]) is a game of Native American origin. It was played by rolling disc-shaped stones across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.
To throw the hoop, one takes the hoop and, with one rod in each hand, places the hoop over both of the rods so that they are inside of the hoop. The player then lets the hoop slide slightly down the rod and crosses the rods in an X shape. Ideally, the hoop is on the lower triangle of the X shape and the rods are pointed up at about a 45⁰ ...
Many more games that were played required the use of dexterity. Such games included bows and arrows, snow snake, hoop and pole, and a variety of games involving a ball and running. Snow snake had to be played in the winter. Participants would gather rocks, sticks, and other items.
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A Stick. Inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2008, the stick—declared the Strong National Museum of Play—"may be the world's oldest toy."
Rolling hoop is a Korean traditional game that uses an iron stick. In the past, people used an old wagon wheel instead of an iron hoop. In the opening ceremony of the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, there was a performance that featured rolling hoop.