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First Nations - First People In Sports
 'North American Indian & Indigenous People'

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  • American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame
    "The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to recognize
    the great athletes of American Indian heritage
    and to serve as a model for the Indian youth
    to strive for their own physical greatness"

  • Native All-Star Football Game "The Native All-Star Football
    Game is for Native American and Alaska Native high school
    football players along with Canadian Aboriginals."

  • World Eskimo-Indian Olympics "The first World Eskimo Olympics
    was held in Fairbanks in 1961 drawing contestants and dance teams
    from Barrow, Unalakleet, Tanana, Fort Yukon, Noorvik and Nome.
    The event was a big success and has been held annually ever since."

  • North American Indian Tennis Association (NAMITA)
    "The North American Indian Tennis Association website
    is to be a clearinghouse for information about Indian
    Tennis and athletics. We will be developing regional
    pages, and, if there is sufficient interest, tribal
    and local program pages. The flexibility of the web
    format allows us to grow as programs are developed
    and to customize to meet local tribal and program
    needs. The tabs under the regional area will point
    to local programs and locally developed content."

  • Native American Cup "We are a Native American non-profit organization.
    Our primary mission is to assist college bound Native Americans through
    the awarding of scholarships. We raise our funds primarily through golf
    tournaments, miscellaneous fundraisers, and the sale of logo items.
    Our signature golfing event is the Native American Cup."

  • Native American Sports Council "The NASC conducts
    community based multi-sport programs which encourage
    healthful community participation and provide assistance
    to Native American Olympic hopefuls." Colorado Springs, CO

  • Native Voices Foundation Creating a Generation of Native American Olympians
    "NVF has the best way to start a dialogue between our cultures I’ve seen.
    I hope that all the U.S. Ski Areas will reach out and participate in this
    exciting opportunity to invite their local tribes to ski in the Great
    American Outdoors - a chance to nurture future Native Olympians."
    --Bjorn Dahl, former President of Kirkwood Ski Area, now
    Director of State and Private Forestry, Western Region.

  • Snow Riders Of The American Indian Nations
    "Native Voices Foundation's (NVF) U.S. Tribal Leaders,
    Elders and Olympians thank the 60 ski areas, communities,
    Snow Sports Industry and Tribal Sponsors who've led this
    historic "honoring and healing of the past."

  • Native American Sports Council '
    A member of the United States Olympic Committee.'
    "The NASC’s mission is to promote athletic excellence and wellness in Native American communities through sports and wellness programs, which combine traditional Native American values with those of modern Olympics. The Native American Sports Council is a community based multi-sport member of the U.S. Olympic Committee." Colorado Springs, CO
      Jim Thorpe "No athlete has ever excelled over the entire spectrum of sports like Jim Thorpe. He climbed to the top of the ladder in the Olympic Games, college football, major league baseball and professional football. He was the best." by Mike Koehler, Grandson of Jim Thorpe (Olympian, March/April 1999)

  • Mohawk International Lacrosse 'We invented the game!'
    "Mohawk International Lacrosse is the last remaining manufacturer of Lacrosse Sticks on the Akwesasne Reservation. The sport of lacrosse has been played by the Mohawk people for several hundred years, even before the 1500's. Over the centuries, the art of Manufacturing a lacrosse stick has been passed down from one generation of Mohawk craftspeople to another." Rooselvetown, NY and Cornwall Island, Ontario via. Mohawk Nation

  • Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse ~ Nationals Lacrosse Progam
    "The establishment of the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse team is seen
    as a prominent development for 36 million indigenous people worldwide.
    While mainstream media and sport markets have often overlooked the rich
    sports heritage of idigenous people, the Iroquois Nationals have had a
    significant impact in sharing the game of Lacrosse with the world."

  • American Indian Lacrosse: Little Brother of War By Thomas, Jr. Vennum
    "From Book News, Inc. Often viewed as a gift from the spirits and as far more
    than recreation alone, lacrosse has functioned in Indian life as a surrogate
    or "little brother" of war, as a healing ritual, and as a memorial celebration.
    Featuring archival illustrations, this book presents a rare account of the
    rules, equipment, techniques, regional differences, and legendary underpinnings
    of the game among tribes of the Northeast, Southeast, and Great Lakes regions,
    including the spiritual components of the game, with interesting sections on
    lacrosse legends and Indian stick making." Annotation copyright Book News, Inc.
    Portland, OR

  • Canadian Lacrosse Association "Recognized as the governing body responsible for all aspects of Canada's National Summer Sport. In its commitment to enhance the growth and development of the sport of Lacrosse throughout Canada, the Association provides guidance, direction and stability to its members through a strong, proactive, moral and ethical leadership."

  • British Columbia Lacrosse Association "Integrity ~*~ Fairness ~*~ Pride ~*~ Respect" Burnaby, British Columbia
    • History of Lacrosse in Canada "Many Centuries before the white man set foot on the North American Continent, our Native people were given the gift of lacrosse from the Creator. Although there was a great variation in the kind of stick used and the kind of game played, the philosophy, the spirit and the relation of lacrosse and the Creator was one: each tribal group held lacrosse in very high esteem."

  • Native Stars Basketball "Welcome to the Native Stars Basketball
    (NSB) website. The NSB developmental program is a basketball training
    program which concentrates on improving the basketball skill level
    of its members. The NSB headquarters is located in Avondale, Arizona."

  • Lori Piestewa National Native Amerian Games "Grand Canyon State Games
    provides a year-round and statewide showcase for the talents and aspirations
    of our amateur athletes, regardless of age or ability, and an opportunity to
    celebrate and share many of the great attributes of our state." Tempe, Arizona

  • NDN Sports '1 Source for Native American Sports Profiles & News!' "NDNSPORTS.COM began in the fall of 2000. We were two NDN college students finishing up our last years of college. We have since graduated with our respective degrees. We try to keep the website up-to-date the best we can and we also, try to get every athlete we can whether they compete in college or in the pros, but since we stay busy with work and family. We depend on YOU, the visitor, to point us in the right direction to help provide any knowledge of NDN athletes. The goal of our site is to promote awareness about Native American athletes competing in a wide variety of college and professional sports to the public and native community online."

  • Native Stars Basketball (NSB) "The NSB developmental program
    is a basketball training program which concentrates on improving
    the basketball skill level of its members. The NSB headquarters
    is located in Avondale, Arizona. The mission of the NSB program
    is to prepare its players for High School level basketball."

  • Notah Begay III 'Making it happen!' "Born on September 14th, 1972 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Notah was introduced to the game of golf at the age of six by accompanying his father to a weekly golf league at a nearby municipal course. Determined to learn the game, Notah began to work at the golf course in exchange for practice privileges."

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