Abbreviation | WEIO |
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First event | 1961 |
Occur every | Year |
Last event | 2023 |
Next event | 2024 |
Purpose | Multi-sport event for Inuit, Iñupiat, Yupik, and other Native American athletes |
Headquarters | Fairbanks, Alaska |
Website | www |
The World Eskimo-Indian Olympics (or WEIO) is an annual USA national multi-sport event held over a four-day period beginning the 3rd Wednesday each July, designed to preserve cultural practices and traditional (survival) skills essential to life in circumpolar areas of the world. These games are only between Native Americans in the United States and allow no participants from other nations.