A New Generation Competes in Traditional Games to Preserve Washoe Culture

This week, the mountains of Lake Tahoe are teeming with skiers and snowboarders. But long before Tahoe got its first chair lift, different sports were popular with locals. Games like Baloyap Sugayuk or Hinoyowgi. These are the games of the Washoe people, a group native to the mountains and valleys straddling the California-Nevada border. As The California Report's Laura Klivans tells us in this story from this past summer, they're critical for sustaining Washoe culture and language.