Indian Education for All: Program stops by Central for a day of learning, games and song

Megan Michelotti

Gabe Furshong’s second grade class at Central Elementary School was running and screaming with Capital High School Indian Education for All Director Joe Pichardo for his lesson on tribal games.

One of the outside games they played was run and scream.

Gabe Furshong’s second grade class at Central Elementary School plays run and scream with Capital High School Indian Education for All Director Joe Pichardo.

MEGAN MICHELOTTI

“200 plus years ago, if you were a Blackfeet like me, we believed that singers were sacred people — that they were really special people, and we believed that songs had the power to heal, which I still think is true,” said Pichardo. “… So singers would play run and scream as a way of training their lungs — that way they could be better singers.”

Pichardo lined up the class, and they all took one deep breath. On ‘Go’ they started screaming and running, and when their screams ran out, they stopped to see how much ground they covered. The class also played rock in fist which requires a rock and

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