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The Native American Identity in Sports
Creating and Preserving a Culture
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2012
Summary
On October 15, 1964 Billy Mills became the only American to win an Olympic Gold Medal for the 10,000 meters. It was but one notable triumph in sports by a Native American. Yet, unlike Mills's achievement, most significant contributions from Native Americans have gone unheralded. From individual athletes, teams, and events, it is clear that the "Vanishing Americans" are not vanishing—but they are sadly overlooked.
The Native American Identity in Sports: Creating and Preserving a Culture not only includes, but goes beyond the great achievements of Billy Mills to note numerous other instances of Native American accomplishment and impact on sports. This collection of essays examines how sport has contributed to shaping and expressing Native American identity—from the attempt of the old Indian Schools to “Americanize” Native Americans through sport to the “Indian mascot” controversy and what it says about the broader public view of Native Americans. Additional essays explore the contemporary use of the traditional sport Toka to combat obesity in some Native American communities, the Seminoles’ commercialization of alligator wrestling—a “Native” sport that was, in fact, only developed as a sport due to interest from tourists—and much more.
The contributions to this volume not only tell the story of Native Americans’ participation in the world of sports, but also how Native Americans have changed and enriched the sports world in the process. For anyone interested in the deep effect sport has on culture, The Native American Identity in Sports is an indispensable read.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8708-4
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8709-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
211
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Introduction No access
1 Building a Library Collection: Fifty Years of Native American Athletes, Sports, and Games on Film No access Pages 1 - 28
2 Asserting Native American Agency in an Assimilationist Institution No access Pages 29 - 40
3 Amateur Boxing and Assimilation at the Stewart Indian School, Carson City, Nevada, 1935–1948 No access Pages 41 - 56
4 Federal Indian Boarding Schools in New Mexico No access Pages 57 - 88
5 American Indian Collegiate Athletes Accessing Higher Education Through Sport No access Pages 89 - 108
6 Toka: Empowering Women and Combating Obesity in Tohono O’odham Communities No access Pages 109 - 118
7 Native American Wrestling No access Pages 119 - 128
8 Grappling with Tradition: The Seminoles and the Commercialization of Alligator Wrestling No access Pages 129 - 140
9 Sacred Ground and Ground Strokes: The Development of Native American Tennis No access Pages 141 - 170
10 Billy Mills: Olympic Champion, Lakota Warrior No access Pages 171 - 182
11 The Coldest War: Billy Mills, the 1964 Olympics, and the Understandings of Native American Cold War Race Relations No access Pages 183 - 190
12 On the Offensive: Anti-Indian Racism in the Creation and Contestation of the NCAA Ban on Native American Mascots No access Pages 191 - 204
Index No access Pages 205 - 208
About the Editor and Contributors No access Pages 209 - 211
