1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452033403321

Titolo

Native athletes in sport & society [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / edited by C. Richard King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-37467-5

9786610374670

0-8032-5203-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KingC. Richard <1968->

Disciplina

796/.089/97

Soggetti

Indian athletes - United States - History

Indians of North America - Sports - History

Indians of North America - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Identities, Opportunities, Inequities: An Introduction""; ""1. Negotiating a Native American Identity through Sport: Assimilation, Adaptation, and the Role of the Trickster""; ""2. “Looking Backward�: The Life and Legend of Louis Francis Sockalexis""; ""3. World Champions: The 1904 Girls� Basketball Team from Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School""; ""4. “Winnebago Is a Great Nation!�: George Howard Johnson�s Life in Baseball""; ""5. The Forgotten Irish Indian: Ethnicity, Class, and Football in the Life of Tommy Yarr""

""6. Playing Football, Playing Indian: A History of the Native Americans Who Were the NFL�s Oorang Indians""""7. Women�s Basketball on the Navajo Nation: The Shiprock Cardinals, 1960-1980""; ""8. An Examination of Sport for Aboriginal Females on the Six Nations Reserve, 1968-1980""; ""9. SuAnne Big Crow: Her Legend and Legacy""; ""10. A Notable Exception: Notes on Notah Begay, Race, and Sports""; ""11. No Fall from Grace: Grace Thorpe�s Athlete of the Century Campaign for Her Father""; ""Epilogue""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910704259503321

Titolo

The counterterrorism strategy against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant : are we on the right path? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, hearing held June 24, 2015

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 85 pages)

Soggetti

Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam

Insurgency - Syria

Insurgency - Iraq

Terrorism - Middle East - Prevention - Planning

Strategic planning - United States

Legislative hearings.

United States Armed Forces Iraq

United States Armed Forces Syria

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 21, 2016).

Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office

"H.A.S.C. no. 114-42."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.