The forerunner of lacrosse, stickball is considered one the oldest American Indian sports, played in various forms by woodland tribes for centuries. The sport has three distinct regional styles [Northeast; Southeast; Great Lakes], with equipment, gameplay and fundamentals varying for each. Known to the Potawatomi as pegnegewen [stickball], games are played for recreation, communal prestige, spiritual reverence and healing. Exclusively …
Similar to pegnegewen (stick ball), péski’a or double-ball is a centuries-old Bodéwadmi sport customarily played solely by women. Played for recreation, communal prestige, spiritual reverence and healing, bagjegejek (players) are equipped with their own bagwzhanatek (ball stick) and divided into two even teams based on their moiety, shkesh (first-born) and kishko (second-born). Péski’a is played on a large, open field …