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New Book about Indians and Sports

LeAnne Howe wrote 4 months ago: The University of Oklahoma brings out a new book about Indians and sports, titled, Coach Tommy Thomp … more →

Tags: Baseball History, Native Fastpitch Softball

The Historic Choctaw Nation Council House7 comments

LeAnne Howe wrote 4 months ago: Gets a redux! For those planning on attending the Choctaw Nation’s Labor Day Festival at Tushk … more →

Tags: Native Fastpitch Softball

Shout out! Co-ed Softball tourney July 25

LeAnne Howe wrote 5 months ago: Hey, fast-pitch, slow-pitch teams, and lovers of the game!  There’s an Indian co-ed softball t … more →

Tags: Native Fastpitch Softball

Italy in Oklahoma

LeAnne Howe wrote 6 months ago: As I gear up for Salon Ada, a literary salon this week-end for writers, artists, and scholars, I wan … more →

Tags: News and Reviews

Small Towns, Big Histories, Upcoming Events1 comment

LeAnne Howe wrote 6 months ago: This week I was tooling around Oklahoma and hit Prague, the hometown of baseball player Jim Thorpe.  … more →

Rounding the Bases: What We've Been Reading

ekt wrote 8 months ago: * 12-year old Mackenzie Brown throws a perfect game against the boys. via Jodi * At Quiet Bubble, Of … more →

Tags: Elsewhere

"He’s an Indian…you know what that means."

ekt wrote 9 months ago: Louis Sockalexis takes up a healthy segment of Indian baseball articles from the late 19th century, … more →

Tags: The 19th Century Game, Louis Sockalexis, Baseball History, Cleveland Spiders

What once was distained we now praise

ekt wrote 9 months ago: From the alas defunct Rocky Mountain News (sigh), an 1895 article gives potent insight into a fallac … more →

Tags: The 19th Century Game, Baseball History, american indians, Pottawattamie, 1895

Why we like 19th century newspapers

LeAnne Howe wrote 10 months ago: Via Lara Mann, a small gem from the Boston Daily Advertiser, May 23, 1883: In General –The ske … more →

Tags: Baseball History

And here too is another article by our friend, Royce Crash Parr

LeAnne Howe wrote 10 months ago: …on American Indians and the major league. Batter-up! … more →

John Tortes Meyers (1910)1 comment

ekt wrote 1 year ago: Library of Congress Baseball Photostream … more →

America's most perfect village – and more

LeAnne Howe wrote 1 year ago: I’m recovering from the NY trip and readings from Miko Kings at SUNY Potsdam, Oneonta College, and t … more →

Tags: book tour, Cooperstown, Pearl Carter Scott, James Fenimore Cooper

Be Leaves!

LeAnne Howe wrote 1 year ago: In my final word about Gidget and her political performance, I want to say that you read it here fir … more →

Tags: The Pop Cultural Moment, American Indian Fastpitch Softball Tournaments, Chickasaw Nation, Sarah Palin

Putting the old in 'old ball game.'

ekt wrote 1 year ago: News flash: Sent to us via Professor Robert Parker at Illinois, ancient Maya ball courts are much ol … more →

Tags: Baseball History, Lewis and Clark, Maya ball courts, Nez Pearce

But Will They Do the Tomahawk Chop?

ekt wrote 1 year ago: Tip of the cap to Jodi for this heads up: Miko to throw out first pitch in Atlanta. If you are watch … more →

Joba on the Mound!

LeAnne Howe wrote 1 year ago: I used to live in Minneapolis, MN, so today when Joba Chamberlain takes the mound for the Yankees ag … more →

Tags: Joba Chamberlain, Paula Gunn Allen, yankees, Twins

Rounding the Bases: What We're Reading

ekt wrote 1 year ago: Hobart’s Annual Baseball Web Issue. An excess of sentiment and perhaps better judgment leaves … more →

Tags: Baseball History, Baseball, american indians, Native Americans, John Rawls, Phillie Phanatic

"They Called It Counting Coup"

ekt wrote 1 year ago: Noted without comment for the moment, a profile of Jacoby Ellsbury in this Sunday’s Boston Glo … more →

Tags: Baseball, Jacoby Ellsbury, Billy Mills, counting coup

Rounding the Bases: What We're Reading

ekt wrote 1 year ago: • By way of the Library of Congress Blog comes word of the new thematic portal, “America … more →

Tags: News and Reviews, Baseball History, american indians, Native Americans, baseball players, Chickasaw, ojibwe


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