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Chunkey: A deadly sport for heroes and the spread of corn culture across North America
Birdman, Braden-style statuettes, Cahokia, Choctaw, chunkey, HoChunk/Winnebago, pole-and-ring-games, Red HornBy: SANDRA BUSATTA – The game of chunkey, believed to have originated at Cahokia, the preeminent ceremonial center in North America, may have been a variant of the “pole and ring” games. It was likely adopted by the Cahokian elite for funerary events, rituals tied to corn cultivation, and bore mythological significance in the Red…