Games of Chance
What Is Chance?
What is the chance it will snow on October 31st?
What is the chance you will flip a coin and get tails?
What is the chance you will win the lottery?
What is your chance of winning in Rock, Paper, Scissors?
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First Nations Context
Games of chance have many important historical purposes:
-Ritual activities or family tradition
-Settling disputes
-Entertainment
-Financial gain
-Exercise and dexterity
-Developing Skills
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Games - Strength and Agility
-Some games were used to help strengthen the fingers and
become more agile (quick) in preparation for the fishing
season.
-After traveling by water, canoes had to be carried long
distances over land to get to the next river. Pole Push is a
Tug-of-War type game that
allowed training in strength,
endurance, and persistence.
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Games of Chance - Stick Dice
Stick Dice is a two player game in which both
players try to get certain combinations to
score points.
Male Sticks Female Sticks
Be the first to get 10 points to win!
Combination
Points
All colored up
2
All colored down
2
Only male up
1
Only female up
1
Anything else
0
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Exploring Other Games
http://web.uvic.ca/~tpelton/fn-math/
http://www.denegames.ca/dene-games/finger-pull-rules.html
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.00/treptau1/mathcontent.html
http://www.etfo.ca/Resources/ForTeachers/Documents/Canadian%20Aboriginal%20Festival%202005%20Curriculum%20Connections%20-%20Traditional%20Aboriginal%20Games.pdf
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