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Alaskan Traditional Games

The Annual Traditional Games event is hosted in Juneau, Alaska each spring and includes 12 different games that test skills of strength, agility, balance, endurance and focus. These games are based on hunting and survival skills of the Indigenous people of Alaska and across the North going back hundreds of years. Athletes strive to perform at their personal best while helping and supporting their fellow competitors, no matter what team. This is the spirit of the games, to work together toward common goals and learn from the skills and values that allowed Alaska Native people to survive and thrive in some of the harshest conditions.

The Annual Traditional Games program is led by coach Kyle Kaayák’w Worl. kworl@tlingitandhaida.gov

Brief
Updated Event Details
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Traditional Games 2024 (click here)

The seventh annual Traditional Games will be held in Juneau Friday through Sunday, April 5-7, 2024. Registration for athletes ages 11 and older will be available online beginning Jan. 9. The games will include teams from around the region and state competing in 12 events and will be live streamed on Sealaska Heritage Institute’s YouTube channel.

Updated Event Details

2024 Traditional Games

Juneau, Alaska
April 5 – 7, 2024

Juneau-Douglas Yaada.at Kalé High School

Schedule: Updated link provided below

The games will be live-streamed from noon to 6 pm (Saturday) April 6, and again from 11 am to 5 pm (Sunday) and April 7.

Saturday Livestream [Noon-6:00PM]: Click Here
Sunday Livestream [9:00 AM-5:30 PM]: Click Here

Results: Middle School
Results: High School
Results: Open