Sr. Handgames
Sr. Handgames
This is an annual guessing game takes place every spring with participants over the age of thirty.
Handgames are a guessing game where two teams compete to take all of their competitors bones. The Handgames on the Crow reservation are similar to competitions among other Native peoples across the Americas. The first Handgames competition of a modern iteration on the Crow reservation took place in 1967 and continued each April since. The Handgames competition on the Crow reservation are divided into two age groups. Those under thirty compete in Juniors, while those over thirty compete in the Senior Level. Furthermore, there are teams from each of the six Crow reservation districts, the Northern Cheyenne reservation, and an Oklahoma team.
The videos in this collection focus exclusively on Senior Handgames.
Items in Collection:
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2005 Black Lodge vs River Crow; River Crow win; Reno vs No Water; no resultDigital Heritage
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2005 Oklahoma vs Pryor; Pryor wonDigital Heritage
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2009 Northern Cheyenne vs Wyola; Wyola win; River Crow vs Big Horn: no resultDigital Heritage
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2009 Reno vs Oklahoma; Reno winDigital Heritage
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2010 Big Horn vs No Water; No Water win; No Water vs Wyola; No resultDigital Heritage
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2010 Big Horn vs River Crow; No resultDigital Heritage
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2010 Big Horn vs Wyola; Big Horn win; Northern Cheyenne vs Reno; No resultDigital Heritage
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2010 Black Lodege vs Reno Black Lodge, 2010 Senior Handgame ChampionsDigital Heritage
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2010 Lodge Grass vs Oklahoma; No resultDigital Heritage
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2010 Lodge Grass vs Reno; No resultDigital Heritage
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2010 No Water vs Pryor; No Water win; No Water vs Black Lodge; Black Lodge winDigital Heritage
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2010 Oklahoma and Northern Cheyenne, Oklahoma won; Reno vs River Crow, no resultDigital Heritage
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Oklahoma vs Wyola Oklahoma winDigital Heritage
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Pryor vs Big Horn; Big Horn win; Wyola vs Northern Cheyenne; No resultDigital Heritage
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2010 Reno vs River Crow; River Crow win; No Water vs Pryor; No resultDigital Heritage
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Wyola vs Lodge Grass; Wyola winDigital Heritage
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2010 Wyola vs River Crow; Pryor vs OklahomaDigital Heritage
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Big Horn vs Lodge Grass; Big Horn win; River Crow vs Oklahoma; No resultDigital Heritage
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2011 Black Lodge vs No Water; No Water win; Big Horn vs Northern Cheyenne; Big Horn winDigital Heritage
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2011 Black Lodge vs Pryor; Pryor win; Oklahoma vs Wyola; No resultDigital Heritage
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River Crow vs Oklahoma; Oklahoma win; Reno vs Northern Cheyenne; Northern Cheyenne win; Black Lodge vs No Water; No resultDigital Heritage
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2013 Black Lodge vs Big Horn and Northern Cheyenne vs OklahomaDigital Heritage
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2013 Northern Cheyenne vs Oklahoma, no resultDigital Heritage
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Wyola vs No Water; No Water win