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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816282303321

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

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""