ᏴᏫ ᎠᏁᏙᎲ ᎠᎩᏁᎢᏍᏔᏅ ᎯᎠ ᏔᎵ ᏯᎦᏴᎵ ᏓᎳᏚ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏌᏗᏒᎢ ᎯᎠ ᎢᎴᎯᏳ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏅᎯ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏃᏎᎲᎢ ᏨᏅᎩ, ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᎨᎵ ᎨᎳ Jim Cosby ᎤᏲᏢ ᎯᎠ ᏗᏁᎶᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏌᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᎾᏕᎾ ᎤᎾᏕᏘᏱᏍᎬ ᎤᎾᏕᏘᏱᏍᎬ ᎢᎴᎯᏳ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏅ ᎠᏁᎯᏯᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏚᎵᏍᏗ ᏦᎢᏁ ᎾᎿ ᏌᏊ ᎪᏛᎢ ᏠᎨᏏ.
After intriguing the public in 2016 about an ancient Cherokee game called chunkey, Cherokee Nation citizen Jim Cosby brought the game to this year’s Cherokee National Holiday’s Traditional Native Games on Sept. 3 at the One Fire Field.