Topic summary
Miwok people
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Miwok.
Sports
Miwok people played mixed-gender games, with both men and women in each team, on a 110-yard (100 m) playing field called poscoi a we'a. Similarly to soccer, the object of the game was to kick or carry an elk hide ball to the opposing team's goalpost, but the rules varied by gender. Women could handle the ball in any way they chose, using any part of their bodies to control it, including kicking the ball or picking it up and running with it. In contrast, men were only allowed to kick the ball. However, a man could pick up a woman who was holding the ball and run to the goal with her.