![Mark Thiessen Jordyn Hoffman, of Mount Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska, scrunches her face as she participates in the Eskimo stick pull at the Native Youth Olympics Friday, April 26, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. The Native Youth Olympics is a statewide competition that attracts hundreds of Alaska Native athletes each year and pays tribute to the skills and techniques used by their ancestors to survive in the harsh polar climate. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/711c3433e64c407d8aac84221f784347/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Jordyn Hoffman, of Mount Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska, scrunches her face as she participates in the Eskimo stick pull at the Native Youth Olympics Friday, April 26, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. The Native Youth Olympics is a statewide competition that attracts hundreds of Alaska Native athletes each year and pays tribute to the skills and techniques used by their ancestors to survive in the harsh polar climate. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
![Bill Roth Ida'ina K'eljeshna (Friendship Dancers) from the Upper Cook Intet performed at the beginning of the Native Youth Olympics Senior Games in the Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/05a969e9d616422fbd863df3136842b8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Ida'ina K'eljeshna (Friendship Dancers) from the Upper Cook Intet performed at the beginning of the Native Youth Olympics Senior Games in the Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
![Bill Roth Native Youth Olympics Senior Games athletes participated in an opening ceremony at the Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. More than 50 teams from over 100 communities in Alaska are in Anchorage to compete in the three-day event. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9817315436e74bd5a97f5bed3155f02f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Native Youth Olympics Senior Games athletes participated in an opening ceremony at the Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. More than 50 teams from over 100 communities in Alaska are in Anchorage to compete in the three-day event. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
![Bill Roth Eulalia Roman, 12, with team Mat-Su competes in the wrist carry on the first day of the Native Youth Olympics Senior Games at the Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5624185468aa41b7a792d18e532543f8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Eulalia Roman, 12, with team Mat-Su competes in the wrist carry on the first day of the Native Youth Olympics Senior Games at the Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
![Mark Thiessen Jordyn Hoffman, of Mount Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska, receives congratulations from her teammates after she participated in the Eskimo stick pull at the Native Youth Olympics, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. The Native Youth Olympics is a statewide competition that attracts hundreds of Alaska Native athletes each year and pays tribute to the skills and techniques used by their ancestors to survive in the harsh polar climate. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3a4852b116d94de6a1a9cffb5dd8944a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Jordyn Hoffman, of Mount Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska, receives congratulations from her teammates after she participated in the Eskimo stick pull at the Native Youth Olympics, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. The Native Youth Olympics is a statewide competition that attracts hundreds of Alaska Native athletes each year and pays tribute to the skills and techniques used by their ancestors to survive in the harsh polar climate. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
![Bill Roth Destiny Panruk, 16, of Chefornak, competes in the Wrist Carry during the Native Youth Olympics Senior Games at the Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2a457d3ab70d4ee9ad06b680688c129b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Destiny Panruk, 16, of Chefornak, competes in the Wrist Carry during the Native Youth Olympics Senior Games at the Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
![Bill Roth Gunnar Davis, 14, of Cordova ,competes in the Wrist Carry during the first day of the Native Youth Olympics Senior Games at the Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/dfc94ce2f7d747049ac129069d6b55e4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Gunnar Davis, 14, of Cordova ,competes in the Wrist Carry during the first day of the Native Youth Olympics Senior Games at the Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
![Bill Roth Ayla Punzalan, 17, of Unalaska competed in the Wrist Carry on the first day of the Native Youth Olympics Senior Games at the Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4dd8b5d7463646abbdb6246ab3b273e2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Ayla Punzalan, 17, of Unalaska competed in the Wrist Carry on the first day of the Native Youth Olympics Senior Games at the Alaska Airlines Center, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
![Mark Thiessen Jordyn Hoffman, of Mount Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska, scrunches her face as she participates in the Eskimo stick pull at the Native Youth Olympics, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. The Native Youth Olympics is a statewide competition that attracts hundreds of Alaska Native athletes each year and pays tribute to the skills and techniques used by their ancestors to survive in the harsh polar climate. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/92648855951548cba63d108500bda9e5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Jordyn Hoffman, of Mount Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska, scrunches her face as she participates in the Eskimo stick pull at the Native Youth Olympics, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. The Native Youth Olympics is a statewide competition that attracts hundreds of Alaska Native athletes each year and pays tribute to the skills and techniques used by their ancestors to survive in the harsh polar climate. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)