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Friday, Sept. 8
6:30pm HONOR GAME
On the opening night
of the Indian Summer Festival, the Indian Summer Board
has asked lacrosse players to come together for a
traditional lacrosse game. The game will be played in
memorial for Dick Watkins who passed away just this past
year. Mr. Watkins was long time board member of Indian
Summer and influential force in the Milwaukee community.
Dick was a long time activist and a leader of United
Indians of Milwaukee. He is survived by his wife Stella,
children David Duewell, Maureen Peterson, Laureen
Friend, Michelle Diaz, and Richard Jr. The family has
been invited to attend the game. Players are reminded
that as is a traditional practice in this annual Honor
Game, there are no rules or boundaries for the game, the
number of goals to be achieved will be named at
the opening on field prayer ceremony. Elders will be
present to help and encourage the players to perform at
their best, as they are playing for the health and
encouragement of the family.
Saturday and
Sunday 10 am to sundown "CHUMASH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP"
Indian Summer will
continue it's work in bringing fresh ideas to an old
game at this years festival. This year, Indian Summer
will hold the very first "World Championship Chumash
Tournament". Chumash is a 3 on 3 game played on a two
separate short fields with smaller goals. Indian Summer
will have two fields of play with continuous
nonstop action for people to watch. Just like three on
three basketball, the play is intense and focused. Teams
will be divided by age and skill level. There will also
be a be a long pole division & mixed triples non-contact
contest played with "no pocket" sticks.
The tournament will
be held at Urban Park, just south of Harbor Drive, an
athletic field just south of the new Discovery World and
north of the Summer Festival grounds. This event will be
free and open to the public. For tournament rules,
categories, registration and information, please contact
the Indian Summer office.
LACROSSE
EXHIBITION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS Friday, Saturday,
Sunday
Featured at the Sport
Stage, some of the best players in the Milwaukee area
will be conducting educational non-contact
lacrosse clinics that schools can use for their physical
education and after school programs. We will present the
audience with an interactive opportunity to learn and
play the game, just the way it is done in many primary
and secondary schools across the country. We will be
telling about the traditional background of the game,
and the modern ways of using "soft" lacrosse as a way of
teaching youth about this exciting sport. This
demonstration will encourage teachers and parents to
bring lacrosse into the schools as an activity, while
encouraging culturally relevant teaching about the game
in the classroom. We will also encourage parents to
learn about the sport and get simple skills to share
with their family as a fun and unique pastime. This
activity will be held inside the Indian Summer grounds.
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