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Lakota Hoops
Life and Basketball on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
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English
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2020
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For over 150 years the Lakota have tenaciously defended their culture and land against white miners, settlers, missionaries, and the U.S. Army, and paid the price. Their economy is in shambles and they face serious social issues, but their culture and outlook remain vibrant. Basketball has a role to play in the way that people on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation configure their hopes for a better future, and for pride in their community.
In Lakota Hoops, anthropologist Alan Klein trains his experienced eye on the ways that Lakota traditions find a seamless expression in the sport. In a variety of way such as weaving time-honored religious practices into the game or extending the warrior spirit of Crazy Horse to the players on the court, basketball has become a preferred way of finding continuity with the past. But the game is also well suited to the present and has become the largest regular gathering for all Lakota, promoting national pride as well as a venue for the community to creatively and aggressively confront white bigotry when needed.
Richly researched and filled with interviews with Pine Ridge residents, including both male and female players, Lakota Hoops offers a compelling look at the highs and lows of a community that has made basketball its own.
In Lakota Hoops, anthropologist Alan Klein trains his experienced eye on the ways that Lakota traditions find a seamless expression in the sport. In a variety of way such as weaving time-honored religious practices into the game or extending the warrior spirit of Crazy Horse to the players on the court, basketball has become a preferred way of finding continuity with the past. But the game is also well suited to the present and has become the largest regular gathering for all Lakota, promoting national pride as well as a venue for the community to creatively and aggressively confront white bigotry when needed.
Richly researched and filled with interviews with Pine Ridge residents, including both male and female players, Lakota Hoops offers a compelling look at the highs and lows of a community that has made basketball its own.
Author / Editor information
ALAN KLEIN is a professor of anthropology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He has examined the intersection of sport and culture for forty years. Author of six other books and dozens of articles, his studies have delved into such topics as the contested terrain of baseball in the Dominican Republic, nationalism on the U.S.-Mexican border, masculinity among California bodybuilders, and globalization and sport.
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— Alan Klein interview with Ramon Maclin
I've long thought that Alan Klein might be the most important anthropologist of sport in our midst. Lakota Hoops confirms that. Unflinchingly honest, brilliantly argued, and gracefully written, it's a tour de force about sport, Lakota culture, and a reality this nation has yet to fully confront.
— Rob Ruck, Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFLBasketball is so much more than just a game; it is a cultural resource that allows the Pine Ridge community to express their identity against a social landscape of poverty, racism, and domination. In Lakota Hoops, Klein provides an important statement about sport in Indian Country, sketching out the larger structural landscape in which the actions of some Lakota basketball players unfold. In learning about the individuals, we learn the logic behind their actions and how they interact with the larger context of ongoing US colonization of native lands.
— Jeffery Montez de Oca, author of Discipline and IndulgenceTopics
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Contents
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Introduction
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1 Landmarks in Lakota Life
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2 Smudging, Sweating, and Sun Dancing: Dusty LeBeau’s Fusion of Basketball and Tradition
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3 The Lakota Nation Invitational: Bryan Brewer’s “Invented Tradition”
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4 Jesse Heart: Modern Lakota Warrior
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5 Laura Big Crow: Come Back to Pass It Forward
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6 Pine Ridge versus Red Cloud: Social Factionalism Posing as Sports Rivalry
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7 “Crabs in a Bucket”: Envy and Egalitarianism in a Lakota World
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8 Race Relations, Hoops, and the Border in South Dakota
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9 Engaging Acrimony: Racism and Lakota Basketball in South Dakota
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Epilogue
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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Index
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June 22, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9781978804081
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Keywords for this book
Sociology; American Studies; Indigenous Studies; Sports; Recreation; Basketball; social science; South Dakota; Lakota Basketball; Racism; Factionalism; Jess Heart; Lakota Manhood; Hoops; Landmarks; Lakota Life; SWEATING; SMUDGING; SUN DANCING; white miners; settlers; missionaries; US Army; social issues; pride; community; Pine Ridge residents; male players; female players; basketball players; Alan Klein; Lakota; culture; land; U.S. Army; economy; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; hopes; future; Lakota Hoops; anthropologist; traditions; sport; religious practices; warrior spirit; Crazy Horse; players; court; continuity; past; present; national pride; white bigotry; interviews; residents; highs; lows
Audience(s) for this book
For a non-specialist adult audience
