{"id":30234,"date":"2023-01-02T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=30234"},"modified":"2023-01-02T12:12:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T17:12:53","slug":"native-america-calling-culture-athleticism-and-stickball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/01\/02\/native-america-calling-culture-athleticism-and-stickball\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Culture, athleticism and stickball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, January 2, 2023<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Stickball: culture and athleticism<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<EM>Note: This is an encore presentation, so Native America Calling won\u2019t be taking calls.<\/em>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nStickball is the older, rougher cousin of lacrosse, developed many centuries ago as both a game and a training exercise. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe U.S. government once deemed stickball one of the cultural connections they needed to eliminate in the effort to assimilate Native children through missionary-run boarding schools. The game survived that assault and keeps gaining momentum, played by local clubs and in competitive national tournaments. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nToday on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce learns about the origins and growing future for the nation\u2019s oldest team sport.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/04\/native-america-calling-culture-and-athleticism-with-stickball\/stickballmuseumofthecherokeeindian\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29443\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1487\" height=\"1115\" data-attachment-id=\"29443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/04\/native-america-calling-culture-and-athleticism-with-stickball\/stickballmuseumofthecherokeeindian\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04\/StickballMuseumoftheCherokeeIndian.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1487,1115\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Stickball &amp;#8211; The Museum of the Cherokee Indian\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Stickball &amp;#8211; The Museum of the Cherokee Indian&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A game of stickball is played on the Qualla Boundary, the home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, on September 26, 1947. Photo: The Museum of the Cherokee Indian&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04\/StickballMuseumoftheCherokeeIndian-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04\/StickballMuseumoftheCherokeeIndian.jpg\" alt=\"Stickball - The Museum of the Cherokee Indian\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-29443\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> A game of stickball is played on the Qualla Boundary, the home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, on September 26, 1947. Photo: The Museum of the Cherokee Indian<\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michael-slee-ab1b08186\">Mike Slee<\/a> (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), stickball player for the Walelu Cherokee Indian Ball team and the director of operations for the <a href=\"https:\/\/mci.org\">Museum of the Cherokee Indian<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n Miranda Long Stamper (Creek and a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee), teacher, coach and stickball player\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jremyb\">Jeremy Bell<\/a> (Mississippi Band of Choctaw member), announcer and player\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n Dr. Scott Ketchum (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Chickasaw Nation endowed chair in Native American Studies for East Central University\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nCasey Bigpond (Mississippi Band of Choctaw member), cultural revitalization specialist for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.choctaw.org\/\">Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stickball is the older, rougher cousin of lacrosse, developed many centuries ago as both a game and a training exercise.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,1,21],"tags":[418,534,3691,243,3690,3692,683,490,133,134,278,3693,3689,3575,102],"class_list":["post-30234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-national","category-sports","tag-boarding-schools","tag-eastern-cherokee","tag-jeremy-bell","tag-media","tag-mike-slee","tag-miranda-long-stamper","tag-mississippi-choctaw","tag-museums","tag-native-america-calling","tag-radio","tag-religion","tag-scott-ketchum","tag-sports","tag-stickball","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04\/StickballMuseumoftheCherokeeIndian.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-7RE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}