Native Athletes in Sport and Society

Name: Native Athletes in Sport and Society
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ISBN: 9780803278288

ISBN-10: 0803278284

ISBN-13: 9780803278288

Edition: 2005

Authors: C. Richard King, C. King

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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. Here are Thorpe and Begay as well as the Winnebago baseball player George Johnson, the…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 1/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 266
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Identities, Opportunities, Inequities: An Introduction




Negotiating a Native American Identity through Sport: Assimilation, Adaptation, and the Role of the Trickster




"Looking Backward": The Life and Legend of Louis Francis Sockalexis




World Champions: The 1904 Girls' Basketball Team from Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School




"Winnebago Is a Great Nation!": George Howard Johnson's Life in Baseball




The Forgotten Irish Indian: Ethnicity, Class, and Football in the Life of Tommy Yarr




Playing Football, Playing Indian: A History of the Native Americans Who Were the NFL's Oorang Indians




Women's Basketball on the Navajo Nation: The Shiprock Cardinals, 1960-1980




An Examination of Sport for Aboriginal Females on the Six Nations Reserve, 1968-1980




SuAnne Big Crow: Her Legend and Legacy




A Notable Exception: Notes on Notah Begay, Race, and Sports




No Fall from Grace: Grace Thorpe's Athlete of the Century Campaign for Her Father



Epilogue



List of Contributors


Index