WHAT IS WAKAYA?
WAKAYA is a study project that seeks to promote healthy decision-making and the building of leadership through an outdoor program encouraging and educating Choctaw youth.
The project is centered around a curriculum based on:
- traditional storytelling
- cultural arts
- outdoor activities
- ecological knowledge
- mindfulness
- field trips
- Community health project
Participate in fun outdoor activities such as:
hiking
Trail-running Stickball
Chunkee-throwing Traditional Games Olympiad
Trail-running Stickball
Chunkee-throwing Traditional Games Olympiad
Engage in Choctaw Culture
Cultural stories & teachings
Traditional dancing
Caring for the land
Traditional dancing
Caring for the land
Food and Plant Medicine
Identify medicinal plants
Prepare traditional foods Traditional and sustainable harvesting
Prepare traditional foods Traditional and sustainable harvesting
Land-based health & environmental restoration
Learn our responsibility to the land, water, and ancestors.
Hiking, Trail running, geocaching.
Cane preservation
Clay harvesting/pottery
Basket making
Medicine pouches
& more.
Ancestral knowledge and teachings and how the land cares for us.
Hiking, Trail running, geocaching.
Cane preservation
Clay harvesting/pottery
Basket making
Medicine pouches
& more.
Ancestral knowledge and teachings and how the land cares for us.
Spiritual and Emotional Health
Learn a Choctaw way of being healthy
Being aware and mindful while outdoors
Self-awareness and how to care for self
Social awareness and interconnectedness
Cultural Stories that teach how to relate well to
others. Emotional regulation/Anger management
How to use traditional medicines
Drug and alcohol abuse prevention
Being aware and mindful while outdoors
Self-awareness and how to care for self
Social awareness and interconnectedness
Cultural Stories that teach how to relate well to
others. Emotional regulation/Anger management
How to use traditional medicines
Drug and alcohol abuse prevention