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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965185403321

Titolo

Native athletes in sport & society : 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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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""

Sommario/riassunto

Though many Americans might be aware of the Olympian and football Hall of Famer Jim Thorpe or of Navajo golfer Notah Begay, few know of



the fundamental role that Native athletes have played in modern sports: introducing popular games and contests, excelling as players, and distinguishing themselves as coaches. The full breadth and richness of this tradition unfolds in Native Athletes in Sport and Society, which highlights the accomplishments of Indigenous athletes in the United States and Canada but also explores what these accomplishments have meant to Native American spectators and citizens alike.