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MarJon Beauchamp, La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks; Ryneldi Becenti, first Native American to play in the WNBA, [46] first Native American woman to play professional basketball for a foreign nation [47] Joe Burton, first Native American to earn a scholarship to a Pac-10 conference [48]
Oorang Indians players (37 P) Pages in category "Native American players of American football" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total.
The football team was called the Indians. To create headlines, the school and journalists often portrayed sporting competitions as conflicts of Indians against whites. [115] The first notice of Thorpe in The New York Times was headlined "Indian Thorpe in Olympiad; Redskin from Carlisle Will Strive for Place on American Team."
Brandon Chillar (born October 21, 1982) is an American former professional football linebacker. He was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL draft . He also played for the Green Bay Packers , with whom he won Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers .
Using Indigenous names and mascots, like the former Washington Football Team name, extends beyond racial insensitivity; it reinforces colonialism and erases Indigenous identity and land. [1] Such practices maintain the power relationship between the dominant culture and the Indigenous culture, and can be seen as a form of cultural imperialism. [4]
Ira Hamilton was the leader of the football team, which was founded by a group of Osage men. [7] According to “Hominy Indians,” the team was “all-Indian”, but was composed of teammates from many different tribes. They accomplished a 28-game winning streak during their time of play, which was ended by the Great Depression in 1932. [8]
Johnson, one-half Stockbridge Indian, attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School from 1899 to 1903, where he starred on the Carlisle football team. [1] [2] Coached by Pop Warner, the team was composed entirely of American Indian students and was a true national powerhouse in the early 20th century. [3]
Captain of the 1899 Carlisle Indians football team, Wheelock was selected as a first-team All-American by the New York Sun in 1899, a second-team All-American by Walter Camp in 1901, and to the All-University Team by the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1902. [1] In later life, he worked as a blacksmith and farmer.