Inuit Hockey

This was written in the 19th Century referring to 1100-1300 AD, which is before sustained European contact in the late 18th century about the Inuit of Alaska.
"HOCKEY (ai'-yu-tül''-ll-g'it or piit-k’u-tül''-u-gʻit)-(St Michael). This is played with a small ball of ivory, leather, or wood, and a stick curved at the lower end. The ball and stick are called pat-k'u'-túk. The ball is placed on the ground or ice and the players divide into two parties. Each player with his stick attempts to drive the ball across the opponents' goal, which is established."
https://books.google.ca/books?id=O5Q3AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Eskimo+about+Bering+Strait&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Hockey&f=false
These were the rules for Shinny/Hockey played by the Inuit.
"The Eskimo shinny-game. Both men and women take part in this game; each person has his racket or shovel-shaped bat, made of a walrus scapula (without net-work); the ball is heavy and large and the game is often dangerous; the ball is only touched with the bals not the hands, except at the very end of the game. The parties assemble from different settlements and act as enemies towards each other; there are certain rules for throwing the ball from one member of a family to another but these are naturally crossed as much as possible by the attacks of the adverse party. In the description of the Ammassalikers' ball-game the latter feature - regard for the relationship in the idea of the game — is strongly emphasized. Though the description of shinny among the Indians in Canada and further south is not very detailed, the resemblance to the Eskimo ball-games is easily seen; like the Indians the Eskimo have undoubtedly had visible goals at the ends of the field on the ice where they were playing."
https://books.google.ca/books?id=TFWD-VCmO_0C&dq=The+Ammassalik+Eskimo%3A+The+ethnological+and+anthropological+...&q=Hockey#v=onepage&q=Shinny&f=false
This article was written by James Laverance. 
==See Also==
History of ice hockey
Category:History of ice hockey