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Wednesday, 15 July 2009 13:14

Starting July 1, 2009, MFSI will have a new, active program aimed at helping young and elder folks share knowledge and work together to reinvigorate the local food system.

Ben Yahola will be taking the lead with this program with the help of Tony Ciocco, better known as Chacko. The first organizational meeting will be held in July at the MFSI Food Resource Center 208 West 6th Street in Okmulgee. Refreshments will be served.

The first activity of the YES! Program will be to sponsor a poster contest with cash prizes. Following that will be contests for designs to decorate the MFSI Mobile Resource Unit and to create educational exhibits for public events. So if you are an artist, watch for contest rules and get ready to be creative.

YES! Is also getting involved in sports. We will be training participants in the ancient games of Chunky, atlatl throwing, marbles, relay races as messenger carriers and other physical challenges.

The Mvskoke people were healthy and physically fit when they followed a traditional diet and lifestyle that included regular exercise. We intend to help everyone recapture the beneficial ways of the ancestors as we travel on the path toward improved physical and spiritual health for today’s people. Participants in the YES! ancient games program will begin training to participate in the 2011 North American Indigenous Games to be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We will also work with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to establish a tribal Indigenous Games Day in the spring of 2010.

We are excited about YES! and the art and sports youth activities that we will be offering.

We wish to thank the First Nations Development Institute of Longmont, Colorado for their generous support for our YES! Program.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 July 2009 13:38


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