Native Hoops: The Rise of American Indian Basketball, 1895-1970 language games his dismay at the condition

his dismay at the condition of his people may well have served as a catalyst for the writing of this book

Images of forced removal and frontier violence reveal the wrenching loss and reconfiguration of the Shawnee as a people

As young women

Native American literary production

In this book

Native Hoops: The Rise of American Indian Basketball, 1895-1970 language games his dismay at the conditionA prominent Navajo educator once told historian Peter Iverson that "the five major sports on the Navajo Nation are basketball, basketball, basketball, basketball, and rodeo." The Native American passion for basketball extends far beyond the Navajo, whether on reservations or in cities, among the young and the old. Why basketballa relatively new sportshould hold such a place in Native culture is the question Wade Davies takes up in Native Hoops Indian