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The 62nd annual World Eskimo-Indian Olympics closed Saturday with a bevy of events and its traditional send-off of athletes following four days of fetes of endurance, strength and skill.
Ketchikan Native Youth Olympics event rescheduled for late May
Posted by Eric Stone | May 4, 2021
Kyle Worl demonstrates the One Foot High Kick, an event in the Native Youth Olympics. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)
The Native Youth Olympics Traditional Games consist of 10 events inspired by hunting and survival skills of the state’s Indigenous people. Sealaska Heritage Institute organizes the games in Southeast Alaska.
The games were originally scheduled for this past weekend at Ketchikan High School. They were postponed after several attendees at a school-sponsored wrestling tournament tested positive for COVID-19, briefly shuttering the school.
SHI says it has rescheduled the southern games for Saturday and Sunday, May 22 and 23 in Ketchikan. The Northern Regional Games are set to take place this weekend in Juneau. Organizers say all competitors will be screened and tested prior and during the competitions. Masks will be required.
Juneau Native Youth Olympics coach Kyle Worl demonstrates the One Foot High Kick during a Traditional Games practice at the Juneau-Douglas High School Yadaa.at Kalé gym. (Klas Stolpe) Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The 2021 Native Youth Olympics Traditional Games will stream live from the Thunder Mountain High School gymnasium this Saturday and Sunday.
Juneau Native Youth Olympics coach Kyle Worl said the games are generally held each spring and normally feature teams from across the region and state and have even included teams from Canada and Arizona.
“The games are slimmed down this year and focused on more Southeast teams split into northern and southern events,” said Worl, a coordinator for the northern event in Juneau and for the southern event in Ketchikan, which has been rescheduled to May 22-23 due to a recent coronavirus concern there. “Safety is our biggest priority. We are able to invite teams with high vaccinatio
Upcoming Native Youth Olympics events in Ketchikan postponed due to COVID-19; Kayhi to stay closed
Posted by Eric Stone | Apr 28, 2021
Kyle Worl demonstrates the One Foot High Kick, and event in the Native Youth Olympics. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)
This weekend’s upcoming Native Youth Olympics Traditional Games in Ketchikan have been postponed. That’s after Ketchikan’s school district announced a cluster of at least five new cases of COVID-19 among people who attended a high school wrestling tournament, the prom and an after-party.
The 10-event Native Youth Games includes tests of strength, agility, balance, endurance and focus. They’re based on hunting and survival skills of Alaska’s Indigenous peoples.