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Native America Calling: Native athletes rally on the local and international levels
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Native athletes rally on the local and international levels
Among the big wins in athletic competition this summer is the victory by the Haudenosaunee Nationals at the Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship. They are first time medalists at the senior level and their win over Puerto Rico has far-reaching implications.
Also, hear from a player and a coach for the team and take the opportunity to catch up with some other notable Native athletes, from a Comanche professional boxer to the Diné college swimmer.
Guests on Native America Calling
Carli Upton (Chickasaw and Choctaw), student and golfer at Tishomingo High School in Oklahoma
Bean Minerd (Onondaga Nation), Haudenosaunee Nationals women’s lacrosse team member and head women’s lacrosse coach of Buffalo State University in New York
George “Comanche Boy” Tahdooahnippah (Comanche), former professional boxer, North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, and CEO of Numunu Staffing, an enterprise of the Comanche Nation
Kaylah Yazzie (Navajo, Comanche, and Sac and Fox), swimmer for the University of New Mexico
Claudia Jimerson (Cayuga Nation), director of lacrosse operations and board member for the Haudenosaunee Nationals
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