Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Landmarks in Lakota Life 16
5. 2 Smudging, Sweating, and Sun Dancing: Dusty LeBeau’s Fusion of Basketball and Tradition 40
6. 3 The Lakota Nation Invitational: Bryan Brewer’s “Invented Tradition” 62
7. 4 Jesse Heart: Modern Lakota Warrior 83
8. 5 Laura Big Crow: Come Back to Pass It Forward 114
9. 6 Pine Ridge versus Red Cloud: Social Factionalism Posing as Sports Rivalry 133
10. 7 “Crabs in a Bucket”: Envy and Egalitarianism in a Lakota World 156
11. 8 Race Relations, Hoops, and the Border in South Dakota 174
12. 9 Engaging Acrimony: Racism and Lakota Basketball in South Dakota 187
13. Epilogue 212
14. Acknowledgments 219
15. Notes 221
16. Index 235
17. About the Author 239