tag:www.chicagonow.com,2010:/blogs/windy-city-rounder//190/tag:www.chicagonow.com,2009:/blogs/windy-city-rounder//190.31021- Comments for Thanksgiving Activities: 5 Traditional Native American Games Chasse Rehwinkel, self professed vagabond of Chicago, explores the local gambling scene. Movable Type 4.261 tag:www.chicagonow.com,2009:/blogs/windy-city-rounder//190.31021 2009-11-25T18:58:26Z 2009-11-27T14:54:18Z Thanksgiving Activities: 5 Traditional Native American Games 5 Traditional Native American Games: Thanksgiving fun with five traditional American Indian games. Chasse Rehwinkel http://www.chicagonow.com/profiles/ChasseRehwinkel Although the religious separatist Pilgrims might disapprove, gambling has worked its way into the traditional Thanksgiving festivities of almost every household in America nowadays, primarily because of a little game called football.

So in honor of Thanksgiving, and considering the aforementioned Pilgrims' stance on gaming, I felt like sharing some traditional Native American gambling games would be a good way to get into the holiday spirit.

Note: The games listed were created by many different tribes from many places in the United States. I don't want to give the false impression that all Native American tribes are the same--I too have an itsy bit of Native lineage and know how frustrating those comparisons can be. So please think of the list as a celebration of Native American culture.   
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