WARNING:
     Due to a few people who are offended by this activity, I decided to temporarily rename it to Horde vs. Alliance.
Understand that I did not invent this game, but as it is a very old and traditional game, I have played it and shared it here.  The argument is that this game portrays the Indians in a negative light and with stereotypical overtones.  Personally, I do not see this at all especially since both teams take turns sneaking up on and then being discovered by the opposing team, only to be chased back home.  If it were just the Indians sneaking up on the cowboys, I would understand, but in this case both teams take turns being the "bad guys", so to speak.
     I also did a lot of research, due to the complaints, and found that the term Indians, is still a wide accepted term, so Hopefully that is not the offense here.
     In conclusion, since I do not want dead links in my site, I personally do not see the offensive stereotype, and because this is an older game, I have left this link alive. 
     If you would like to weigh in on this subject, please feel free to e-mail.  However, do not send me non-sense threatening e-mails, I am just a dag nabbed school teacher trying to share ideas with others, and providing this site free of charge.  It would be nice if that would be kept in mind when writing. :)

NAME OF ACTIVITY: Cowboys and Indians

GRADE LEVEL: Grade k-3

EQUIPMENT: None

HIGHLIGHTS:  Safety in large group running, dodging, tagging and acting on verbal cues

INSTRUCTIONS:  Divide the class into two teams, one team being the cowboys and the other team being the Indians.  To begin teams are lined up at opposite ends of the playing area.  Start by having the cowboys facing away from the Indians.  At this point the Indians sneak up on the cowboys.  When the teacher thinks they are close enough he shouts "here come the Indians", the cowboys then turn around and chase the Indians back home.  Any Indians tagged become cowboys.  This time the Indians turn around, and the cowboys sneak up to the Indians., when the cowboys get close enough, the teacher warns the Indians "Here come the Cowboys", the Indians then turn and chase the cowboys back home.  This game may be played with a time limit or until all players are on one team.

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