The 2022 Indigenous Summer time Video games are in full swing.
The Video games kicked off Thursday in Yellowknife with conventional Northern and Dene video games akin to ring toss, triple soar, swing kick and Dene wrestling.
Check out the rivals in motion, and the family and friends which have come to observe.
Contributors collect round Friday morning as occasion supervisor Carson Roche explains the foundations for ring toss, the primary sport of the day. (Rose Danen/CBC)
Two-year-old Hallie Zawyrucha, left, and one-year-old Avery Evans pose for a photograph in entrance of a Summer time Video games signal. (Rose Danen/CBC)
Family and friends have come out to the Summer time Video games to observe and cheer on the rivals. (Rose Danen/CBC)
Joseph Gon competes in a spherical of ring toss for the junior boys division. Ring toss is a Dene sport that helps practise accuracy. (Rose Danen/CBC)
Carly Gon warms up for ring toss forward of the start of the primary occasion of the Summer time Video games. (Rose Danen/CBC)
Rainah Abel, left, Madiosn Isadore-Michel, centre, her cousin Konaitlii Sundberg in her lap, and Naiomi Michel-Isadore sit collectively on the sidelines. (Rose Danen/CBC)
Rings are flying on the Summer time Video games. The ring toss was the primary of many video games which can be scheduled all through the lengthy weekend. (Rose Danen/CBC)
Brendan McAllister throws Nathan Blake right down to the bottom for the win within the second spherical of their faceoff of Dene wrestling. (Rose Danen/CBC)
Madison Isadore-Michel swings round Jodi Olifie in a match of junior women Dene wrestling. Each rivals put up a tricky battle, popping out with some bumps and bruises. (Rose Danen/CBC)
The occasions are happening at St. Patrick Excessive Faculty and Weledeh Catholic Faculty.
