Sports & Games
[American Indians and Popular Culture]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Levin Arnsperger
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 262-265
Description
Book review of: American Indians and Popular Culture: Vol. 1, Media, Sports and Politics, Vol. 2. Literature, Arts, and Resistance edited by Elizabeth DeLaney Hoffman.
An Analysis of the Role of Games in the Fertility Rituals of the Native North American
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael A. Salter
Anthropos, vol. 69, no. 3/4, 1974, pp. 494-504
Description
Explores the historical relationship between a variety of dances and games and fertility rites belonging to the Iroquoian and Muskogean linguistic families.
Antoine Lonesinger 13 Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Archie Baptiste
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes stories about a ghost priest and a non-existent camp. Also included is a story of how a lame boy's skill as a medicine man won him a chieftainship and a wife.
Antoine Lonesinger 2 Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes stories of a Woods Cree who turned a Plains Cree son-in-law into a bone spirit and the revenge that came from that.
APTN Speaking Your Language at the Olympics
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Public Television Network Speaking Your Language at the Olympics
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 2, February 2010, p. 26
Description
Describes the 36 member broadcast team that will cover the Olympics in English, French, and eight Aboriginal languages.
Article found by scrolling to page 26.
Archival Photographs in Perspective: Indian Residential School Images of Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krista McCracken
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [163]-182
Description
"This article addresses the challenges associated with present-day usage of residential school photographs, the ways in which these photographs can contribute to ongoing discussions about healing and reconciliation, and the use of archival photographs within the residential school survivor community".
Archival Sovereignty in LeAnne Howe's Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily Lederman
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. [64]-88
Description
Looks at how the author critiques the colonial archive and emphasizes Indigenous ways of accessing, organizing and preserving histories.
Are North American Sports Fans Offended by the Redskins Team Name? A Demographic Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brandon Lang
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 19-39
Description
Analyzes data from surveys collected at 6 professional sporting events to understand which selected social groupings hold which opinions. Results show that university graduates and political liberals are more offended by the team name Redskins than non-university graduates and political conservatives.
Assignment Beijing
Alternate Title
Heavy Military Presence Evident in Beijing
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Agecoutay
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 9, September 2008, p. 1,19
Description
Comments on the experience of filming the 2008 Summer Olympics in China.
Article found on page 1 and by scrolling to page 19.
Athabascan Musher Hailed by Haskell
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ellen Lockyer
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 2, Traditional Wisdom Our Strength, Winter, 2006
Description
Comments on Emmitt Peters' induction into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame, at Haskell Indian Nations University, to honor his Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Racing skills.
Atii Gameshow: Health Living Inventions for School Children in Nunavut: Evaluation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tracey Galloway
Gwen Healey
Description
Describes project which developed game designed to promote nutrition, physical activity, Inuit cultural knowledge and health. Includes quantitative assessment of children's knowledge and physical energy expenditure, and qualitative assessment of participants' game experience.
Authenticating Mäori Physicality: Translations of "Games' and 'Pastimes' by Early Travellers and Missionaries to New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brendan Hokowhitu
International Journal of the History of Sport, vol. 25, no. 10, September 2008, pp. 1355-1373
Description
Looks at how Indigenous Tribal activities and practices were understood and interpreted by early colonizers as either authentic or inauthentic.
"Bateman, Christina"
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains excerpts from a type-written diary called "Northern Saskatchewan Holiday," by Annie M. (Nan) McKay and Christina Bateman, 9 August to 16 September 1919. It highlights their trip to Lac la Ronge. There is also a list of photographs from the trip that are held at Saskatchewan Archives Board.
Beardy's and Little Pine Claim FSIN Soccer Titles
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Blue Pelletier
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 9, September 2009, p. 23
Description
Comments on the Beardy's women winning a fourth consecutive title in the FSIN soccer tournament and the Little Pine First Nation men's team talking the championship.
Article found by scrolling to page 23.
Before the Redskins Were the Redskins: The Use of Native American Team Names in the Formative Era of American Sports, 1857-1933
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Gordon Hylton
North Dakota Law Review, vol. 86, no. 4, Sports Law Symposium, 2010, pp. 879-903
Description
Examine issues surrounding the practice of attaching names to sports teams during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The Benefits and Challenges of Girl-focused Indigenous SDP Programs in Australia and Canada
Alternate Title
Beyond Sport for Development and Peace: Transnational Perspectives on theory, Policy and Practice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Lyndsay M. C. Hayhurst
Audrey R. Giles
Jan Wright
Description
Looks at initiatives for girls and the impact from sport for development and peace.
Chapter in the book: Beyond Sport for Development and Peace: Transnational Perspectives on Theory, Policy and Practice edited by L.M.C. Hayhurst, T. Kay and M. Chawansky.
Beyond the All Blacks Representations: The Dialectic Between the Indigenization of Rugby and Postcolonial Strategies to Control Māori
Alternate Title
Beyond the All Blacks Representations: The Dialectic Between the Indigenization of Rugby and Postcolonial Strategies to Control Maori
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Domenica Gisella Calabro
Contemporary Pacific, vol. 26, no. 2, Fall , 2014, pp. 389-408
Description
Explores the Māori relationship with rugby and non-Māori of European descent.
Beyond the Rink: Anti-Indigenous Discrimination Policies in Hockey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marina Noce-Saporito
Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal, vol. 53, no. 3, 2021, pp. 71-85
Description
Looks at the need for an inclusive and thoughtful policy-making process to address discrimination experienced by Indigenous hockey players.
Biopedagogies and Indigenous Knowledge: Examining Sport for Development and Peace for Urban Indigenous Young Women in Canada and Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lyndsay M. C. Hayhurst
Audrey R. Giles
Jan Wright
Sport, Education and Society, vol. 21, no. 4, Researching Education within Sport for Development, 2016, pp. 549-569
Description
Examines initiatives in Vancouver and Perth.
"Blackfellas" Basketball: Aboriginal Identity and Anglo-Australian Race Relations in Regional Basketball
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Hallinan
Barry Judd
Sociology of Sport Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, December 2007, pp. 421-436
Description
Interviews players of the Ballarat Wanderers men's basketball team about their experiences with non-Aboriginal teams.
Blood on the Ice: Status, Self-Esteem, and Ritual Injury Among Inuit Hockey Players
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Collings
Richard G. Condon
Human Organization, vol. 55, no. 3, 1996, pp. 253-262
Description
Looks at the game of hockey in the community of Holman, Northwest Territories and the effects on the Inuit youth.
Blowing Smoke Out Your....
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 12
Description
Discusses a questionable comment made on the radio by host T. J. Conner regarding the Olympic Torch visit stopping in Curve Lake to "buy smokes".
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Book reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Naomi McIlwraith
Troy Johnson
Stephen Warren
Sandra Faiman-Silva
Stephanie Fitzgerald
Marshall Joseph Becker
Andrew Wiget
Leslie D. Hannah
Jay Hansford C. Vest
Steven R. Evans
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, 2008, pp. 177-231
Description
Book reviews of 18 books:
Before the Country: Native Renaissance, Canadian Mythology by Stephanie McKenzie.
Beyond Red Power: American Indian Politics and Activism Since 1900 edited by Daniel M. Cobb and Loretta Fowler.
The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Roanoke's Forgotten Indians by Michale Leroy Oberg.
How Choctaws Invented Civilization and Why Choctaws Will Conquer the World by D. L. Birchfield.
I Swallow Turquoise For Courage: Poems by Hershman R. John.
Long Journey Home: Oral Histories of Contemporary Delaware Indians edited by James W.
Breechclouts: Full and Modified
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark G. Thiel
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 1, Issue 269, [January-February] 2010, pp. 21-25
Description
Evolution of clothing worn by Native men and boys for comfort and convenience in tribal sports, dances and ceremonies.
Bridging the Indigenous Health Divide: Football and Men Engaging
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian F. McCoy
Sport in Society, vol. 15, no. 7, Indigenous People, Race Relations and Australian Sport, 2012, pp. 952-964
Description
Evidence shows that the relationship between young men and football can make a difference to their short and long-term health.
Campbell Clan Credits Sports for Success in Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, April 23, 2010, p. A15
Description
Comments on three difference themes: the relevance of sport for future success; adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; opposition to the series of dams on the Peace River in British Columbia.
Canada's "National" Sport: Representations of Lacrosse at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
Alternate Title
The Role of Symbols in Canadian Myths and Identity
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas Ruta
Capstone Seminar Series, vol. 2, no. 1, Belonging in Canada: Questions and Challenges , Spring, April 2012, pp. 3-18
Description
Discusses how the Aboriginal sport was appropriated and modernized by Europeans for use as a symbol of national identity.
Canada - The Lubicon Lake Cree
Alternate Title
The Lubicon Lake Cree
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James G. E. Smith
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Militarization and Indigenous Peoples: Part 1 The Americas and the Pacific, Fall, 1987
Description
Discussion of the opposition to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary by the Lubicon Lake Cree.