8 Native Olympic Athletes You Should Know About

Alex Jacobs
8/11/16
Natives have always enjoyed games and sports, playing for cultural and spiritual reasons...

Featured Photo: Olympics-Bound Locklear Says: ‘Indian Country Is in My Heart!’

ICTMN Staff
7/22/16

 

Ashton Locklear, Lumbee, is headed to the Summer Olympics in Rio.

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The New Class! Eight Up-and-Coming Native Athletes

Cary Rosenbaum
7/17/16
There are quite a few upper-class Native athletes in the college ranks who are casting large shadows: Wisconsin’s Bronson Koenig and New Mexico’s Tesha Buck in basketball, Denver l...

Natives and The Olympics on NPR with ICTMN’s Vincent Schilling

ICTMN Staff
7/14/16
Phoenix-based NPR Station KJZZ.org aired a segment with interviews of Native athletes and ICTMN’s A&E and Sports editor Vincent Schilling (Akwesasne Mohawk)...

Featured Photo: How to Spot Big Shot Rickie Fowler

Vincent Schilling
7/2/16

 

Wahpepah-Harris: The Next Billy Mills?

Cedric Sunray
5/25/15
A couple of years ago the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Billy Mills Kickapoo Tribe Cross Country Park in honor of the famed runner and in an effor...

4 Native Women Athletes in the Hall of Fame You Might Not Know About

Rodney Harwood
12/6/14
Native women have carried a strong voice in a warrior’s world for generations.Doors are opening, and Indian Country can expect to see more and more women taking their place in the ...

Video: A New Kind of Warrior Fighting for Their People

ICTMN Staff
7/22/14
In its tenth installment, Wisconsin Media Lab introduces Mark Antonio Daniels Jr., who dreams of being a professional boxer...

Yank’s Joba to Become First American Indian Braves Player Since 1974?

ICTMN Staff
7/3/13
Rumors are swirling that New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, could be dealt to the Atlanta Braves, who are looking to add some bullpen depth bef...

Junior Ropers, Start Training for the INFR Rodeo Championships

ICTMN Staff
6/26/13
“Part of the reason I do this is I want to keep kids thinking they want to be a cowboy,” says Billie Bray of Classic Rope , coordinator of the Junior Roper Championships at the Ind...

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