The native Americans played many games to pass the time. Among the most popular is a game called tikauwich or shinny. This game is related to modern day field hockey. They played on a field of about 300 square yards, with a goal at each end facing each other. The object of the game was to hit or kick a small wooden or buckskin ball into the goals using a stick called a shinny or one’s feet. The ball was not to be touched by hands during the game. What is interesting about this game is that mostly women played, men only played sometimes.