NYO in Ketchikan rescheduled for May 22 and 23

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The 2021 southern Native Youth Olympic Traditional Games have been rescheduled to May 22 and 23. They were postponed last week due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Ketchikan.

The northern Traditional Games are scheduled for this weekend, May 8 and 9, in Juneau.

Both events will be live-streamed on Sealaska Heritage Institute's YouTube channel and a special website set up for the event.

More information is available on the SHI website.

 

 

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