Every winter season the hill just south of Victor comes alive for one day to celebrate the ancient Seneca lifestyle.

The Friends of Ganondagan hosted its annual Native American Winter Games and Sporting Event. The idea is to give visitors a peak at the lives of the Seneca people during the winter.

It wasn't just about staying inside and staying warm, but also about staying active and even making your own syrup.

"It's not something you can see everywhere," said Ganondagan interpreter Michael Galban. "Lot of people do maple demonstration, but we have dog sleds and we have a snow snake demonstration. We have native story tellers in a bark longhouse. Things you just can't get anywhere else."

After making sap and a game of snow snake, visitors could move inside that longhouse for a traditional story.

"All the activities that we show are activities that people would have done when they lived here 350 years ago when Ganondagan was a town of over 4,000 people," said Perry Ground with the Friends of Ganondagan.

The event was free.