Snow Snake, traditional game

Though I am not indigenous, nor is my teacher, in our school we learned about a sport called Snow Snake. I was told that this is a traditional Haudenosaunee game played in the winter. Snow snakes are usually handmade with wood, with one end curved and the other notched. In the snow, a path is cleared, with a surface similar to or is ice. The object of the game is to throw the snake the farthest along the trough.

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