The Chickasaw Nation has created a new app to help get Tribal members moving.
ADA, Okla.—Fitness trainers will tell you motivation is one of the hardest hurdles to overcome in a workout regime. To provide inspiration and get people walking, the Chickasaw Nation developed the AYA Walk application. As users reach walking milestones, 15 virtual Chickasaw walking partners drawn from both history and fiction share stories of the tribe's history, culture and language.
"History, culture and storytelling are embedded in the app in various ways. The main contributor to these elements is found in the walking partner character episodes," Wyas Parker, AYA online content strategist,...
