Kyinnaaldel' Stick Game

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In celebration of California Indian Week, RVUSD had a stick game tournament. The boys have been practicing for the last three Fridays. High School and 8th grade young men have been helping to train our 4th - 8th grade boys for this tourney. The weather was good, the field was muddy, and the boys were excited to finally get to play sticks again, after three years, as it was postponed during the pandemic. We had a large crowd, many excited boys, and family members as the students at RVUSD all came to watch and enjoy this native game!

Five tribes across three counties find hope in tradition More than 80 Indigenous youth from across three counties and five tribes gathered recently to celebrate, learn and practice cultural traditions. The events, held by the ACORN Youth Wellness program…

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2019 8th Grade and High School Big Time Tournament 2019 Round Valley High School Big Time Tournament

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2019 7th Grade Big Time Tournament 2019 Round Valley High School Big Time Tournament

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2019 6th Grade Big Time Tournament 2019 Round Valley High School Big Time Tournament

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2019 5th Grade Big Time Tournament 2019 Round Valley High School Big Time Tournament

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2019 4th Grade Big Time Tournament 2019 Round Valley High School Big Time Tournament

On Monday, June 3rd @ 1:30 p.m. we had our 2nd Annual Stick Game Awards. The boys who have practiced and/or have been in tournaments this school year all received a stick game t-shirt. Boys who won their division at the Big Time Stick Game Tournament received a grey sweatshirt. Boys who received MVP for their division received a stick game badge. We also gave our trainers, a red trainer shirt in gratitude for all of the hours they have put in coaching the boys. We created videos for the different grade levels from the photos from the Big Time Tournament - the boys enjoyed watching these videos at the awards assembly. We provided ice-cream floats at the awards assembly, as a treat. Thank you to Danielle, Jessica, Shobe and Ashlea for helping to serve.

At the 2019 RVHS Big Time Stick Game Tournament, the 8th grade/High School did a great job! Special Thank You! to Cathy Swanson for the amazing photos!

At the 2019 RVHS Big Time Stick Game Tournament, the 7th grade did a great job! Special Thank You! to Cathy Swanson for the amazing photos!

At the 2019 RVHS Big Time Stick Game Tournament, the 6th grade did a great job! Special Thank You! to Cathy Swanson for the amazing photos!

At the 2019 RVHS Big Time Stick Game Tournament, the 5th grade did a great job! Special Thank You! to Cathy Swanson for the amazing photos!

At the 2019 RVHS Big Time Stick Game Tournament, the 4th grade started off our tournament, doing a great job! Special Thank You! to Cathy Swanson for the amazing photos!

On May 3rd, we had a Stick Game Tournament from 11:00 - 1:00. Below are the Champions of the Tournament. Photos of the games will be posted soon.

Today, our High School and 8th Grade Trainers, along with Blaze Burrows, Robert Wilkins, Frank and Dean helped our 6th and 7th grade boys continue their stick game training. The weather was perfect and the boys had fun. Thank you to the trainers who helped make this happen and thank you for the enthusiasm boys - you make it worth our time and effort.

Today, Blaze, Robert, Frank and Dean trained our 8th graders how to coach players and then they, in turn, trained the 4th and 5th graders on "flicking" the tossel and a little practice tackling. (Thanks, Julian Medel, for taking the pics today.

On Friday, March 29, 2019 our 4th-5th grade boys had the opportunity to practice the Stick Game. Blaze Burrows, our 2016 Running Strong Dreamstarter, is back to help coach our boys, along with high school and 8th grade trainers and Robert Wilkins, Dean Meyer and Frank Tuttle. We had 23 boys and nine (9)trainers during this practice. Thank you to the trainers for helping to make this practice happen and thank you to the boys for enjoying this game and making it worthwhile sponsoring and supporting Blaze's dream of teaching a native game to our valley's boys.

On Friday, March 29, 2019 our 6th-8th grade boys had the opportunity to practice the Stick Game. There was a lot of excitement from the boys to finally be able to have good weather to play! We had 29 boys and nine (9)trainers during this practice. Thank you to the trainers for helping to make this practice happen!

On Sept. 27th, we had a Stick Game Tournament. Our 5th Grade created teams and played against each other. All the boys did great. Congratulations to our winning 5th Grade Team! Thank you to our adult and high school trainers who support our boys by providing coaching and support on the field. Also, thank you to the photographers who took the great pics.

On Sept. 27th, we had a Stick Game Tournament. Our 6th Grade created teams and played against each other. All the boys did great. Congratulations to our winning 6th Grade Team! Thank you to our adult and high school trainers who support our boys by providing coaching and support on the field. Also, thank you to the photographers who took the great pics.

On Sept. 27th, we had a Stick Game Tournament. Our 7th Grade created teams and played against each other. All the boys did great. Congratulations to our winning 7th Grade Team! Thank you to our adult and high school trainers who support our boys by providing coaching and support on the field.

RVMS 8th Graders played Laytonville 8th Graders for an exciting and close game. The RVMS came out the winners in this close match! Congratulations! Special thank you to Dean Meyer and Mitch McCarty for transporting Laytonville to and from our tourney!

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Round Valley High School vs. Laytonville High School 2018 Indian Days Tourney