White Mountain Southwest Native American Showcase

Welcome to the Southwest Native American RECF Achieve Showcase Robotics Competition, hosted by the White Mountain Apache Tribe of Whiteriver, Arizona, the Whiteriver Unified School District, and Apache Behavioral Health Services, Inc.

Friday, January 8, 2027

7:30am - Doors open
7:45am-9:00am - Team check-in, Robot inspection
8:00am - Skills open
9:00am-10:00am - Opening ceremony
10:00am-11:30am - Interviews skills
11:30am-12:00pm - Lunch
12:00pm-4:00pm - Team interviews, Qualification matches, Skills

Saturday, January 9, 2027

7:30am - Doors open
7:45am-9:30am - Team check-in, Qualification matches & Skills continue
9:30am-9:45am - Alliance selection
9:45am-10:30am - Skills continue, Alliance practice
10:00am - Skills end
10:45am-11:30am - Elimination rounds/Finals
11:30am-12pm - Lunch
12:00pm-1:00pm - Continue elimination rounds/Finals
1:00pm-1:30pm - Awards & Thank you's

Cultural Displays and Showcasing:

We desire for Native American team to learn more about each other's culture. Teams are encouraged to wear traditional attire/regalia and display the following to feature their community's culture.

Team introductions: Will be announced during Opening Ceremony. Please send one slide with the following for each of your teams intro.

• Tribe
• Team picture
  
• Team name
• Team number
• School
• Town/City/State

Cultural Poster: Each team will complete a poster that will be showcased in the cafeteria during the competition. The poster should be 3 feet by 4 feet (you can use standard butcher paper or poster board) and include the following:

• Team number
• School name and location (pictures would be great to use!)
• Tribal seal - depiction or explanation of the tribal seal(s)
• Traditional language: How to say "Hello" or "Welcome" in your tribal language and/or a common phrase
• Traditional food: Tell us about a dish/specific food that is traditional for your culture/tribe
• Historical fact: At lease one interesting historical fact about your tribe(s). Did Geronimo pass through your lands? A famous chief? :)
• Cultural artifact: Depiction or picture of a material item associated with your tribe(s). Did your people create pottery? Unique houses? Canoes?

Traditional Dress: Students, staff, volunteers, and spectators are encouraged to wear traditional dress/regalia throughout the event.

Judging will happen in-person. Please have a hard copy of team engineering notebooks and submit to the judges on Day 1 of the event. Team interviews will also be conducted in-person.

The tournament will take place on Friday, January 8th and on Saturday, January 9th, and will be hosted at the Alchesay High School Cafeteria in Whiteriver, AZ.

Whiteriver is 25 miles south of Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ. Show Low is immediately north of Pinetop-Lakeside. Whiteriver is at 5,164 ft elevation and Pinetop at 6,804 ft. It is a scenic drive between the two with trees lining the road :)

Parking for the event will be the school's parking lot. If you have any questions concerning travel or lodging, please contact Trish Miller, triscinda.miller@wmabhs.org or 928-867-8269.

This event may be cancelled in the case of a severe snow storm for the safety of teams travelling to the event. 

If the event is cancelled due to inclement weather, the event partner will email/call teams through contact information provided at time of registration

If the Event Partner cancels the event, refunds will be issued.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend a refund will NOT be issued. Please only register teams that will participate.