Playing the white man's games

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  • Author: Marks, Don
    Summary:

    Playing the White Man's Games tells the extraordinary tales of Native American athletes who overcame tremendous obstacles to dominate the NFL, CFL, PGA, Olympic Games, NHL and professional wrestling.

    Contents:
    • Preface
    • Chapter 1 The World's Greatest Athlete
    • Anytime, Anywhere (Jim Thorpe)
    • Chapter 2 "Waaahoooooooooo!" (Ed "Wahoo" McDaniel)
    • Chapter 3 A Formula for Success (Billy Mills)
    • Chapter 4 "Almost There" (Notah Begay III)
    • Chapter 5 "The House that Jack Built" (Jack Jacobs)
    • Chapter 6 Longboat Left a Long Trail on the Land (Tom Longboat)
    • Chapter 7 Hockey First for First Nations (George Armstrong)
    • Chapter 8 Mascots
    • Chapter 9 Playing Our Own Games
    • Chapter 10 "The First 500 Years are Always the Toughest"
    • Chapter 11 "Too Many Stars and Not Enough Space"
    • Index.
    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Indigenous materials, Sports and recreation
    Original Publisher: [Winnipeg, Manitoba] , J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781990737558

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    9781927922019

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    1927922011

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Abstract

Playing the White Man's Games tells the extraordinary tales of Native American athletes who overcame tremendous obstacles to dominate the NFL, CFL, PGA, Olympic Games, NHL and professional wrestling.

Genre
Biographies and autobiographies
Indigenous materials
Sports and recreation
Publisher (Source)

[Winnipeg, Manitoba]

J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing

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