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Lakota Hoops, anthropologist Alan Klein looks at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to provide a vivid portrait of how the community uses basketball to assert its tribal identity. He reveals the ways that the game is a filter for traditions, pride, hopes, and tribulations that people experience daily, as well as how it bridges Lakota past, present, and future.
List of contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Landmarks in Lakota Life
THE GOOD Chapter 2: SWEATING, SMUDGING, AND SUN DANCING: Dusty LeBeau’s Fusion of Basketball and Tradition
Chapter 3: THE LAKOTA NATION INVITATIONAL: Bryan Brewer’s Invented Tradition
Chapter 4: “MANNING UP:” Jess Heart, Lakota Manhood and Hoops
Chapter 5: LAURA BIG CROW: Coming Back, to Pass It Forward
THE BAD Chapter 6: PINE RIDGE - RED CLOUD RIVALRY: The Tip of a Factional Ice Berg
Chapter 7: CRABS IN A BUCKET: Lakota Factionalism and Basketball
THE UGLY Chapter 8: ENGAGING ACRIMONY: Racism and Lakota Basketball in South Dakota
Index
About the author
ALAN KLEIN is a professor of anthropology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He has examined the intersection of sport and culture for forty years. Author of six other books and dozens of articles, his studies have delved into such topics as the contested terrain of baseball in the Dominican Republic, nationalism on the U.S.-Mexican border, masculinity among California bodybuilders, and globalization and sport.
Summary
Anthropologist Alan Klein trains his experienced eye on the ways that Lakota traditions find a seamless expression in Basketball. Richly researched and filled with interviews with Pine Ridge residents, including both male and female players, this book offers a compelling look at the highs and lows of a community that has made basketball its own.
