Navajo Games

Games are a big part of the Navajo culture especially for the younger crowd. Most of them were developed by the love of the land. The origin of these games come from mostly in the winter when their reservation was secluded, mainly for entertainment.
  The two popular games they would play are the String game and Shoe game. The String game is simply a game where children would make figures out of string, such as animals or objects. There is roughly 70 shapes they could make from the string.
  The Shoe game is where they would hide a box of sand with their tops sticking out. Its a team-oriented game where they place a yucca in one of the boxes and they guess which box has the yucca ball. They have to guess correctly to have the chance to hide the ball next. If guessed correctly, they have branches as points. Which ever team has more branches wins the game.
Navajo Games