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Spirit Keepers Lecture: What's the Score? American Indians in Sports

March 23, 2010 6:30 PM

What's the Score? American Indians in Sports
Coinciding with the March 24 opening of the exhibition by the same name, this lecture presents little-known stories of traditional Native American sports – the athletes and their feats in such sports as shinny, lacrosse, footracing, archery, swimming, hoop and pole, and various types of football. Local Indian reservation teams and individual sports heroes will be discussed, including Cahuilla baseball player Jack Tortes Meyers.

Presenter Joseph B. Oxendine, Ph.D. (Lumbee) is Chancellor Emeritus of the University of North Carolina - Pembroke and the author of American Indian Sports Heritage. He has written extensively on sports psychology.

    • 6:30 pm - book signing / 7:00 - lecture
    • Rancho Mirage Public Library
      71-100 Highway 111
      Rancho Mirage
    • Free Admission

This lecture is sponsored by Robert & Renona Pennington.

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