Native Hoops - The Rise of American Indian Basketball, 1895-1970

Native Hoops traces basketball's seventy-five-year evolution in Indian country from a boarding school sport into a community tradition. It is a story of "hope, achievement, and celebration."

About the author

Wade Davies is professor of Native American studies at the University of Montana, Missoula. His books include Healing Ways: Navajo Health Care in the Twentieth Century; â oeWe Are Still Hereâ � American Indians since 1890, with Peter Iverson; and American Indian Sovereignty and Law: An Annotated Bibliography, with Richmond L. Clow.

Summary

The Native American passion for basketball extends far beyond the Navajo, whether on reservations or in cities, among the young and the old. Why basketball - a relatively new sport - should hold such a place in Native culture is the question Wade Davies takes up in Native Hoops.

Product details

• Authors: Wade Davies
• Publisher: University Press Of Kansas
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780700629091
• ISBN: 978-0-7006-2909-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Basketball, Amerikanische Geschichte, Amerika, SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball, HISTORY / Native American, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies