Playing the white man's games

Marks, Don 1953- (author.).

Summary: "Playing the White Man's Games tells the extraordinary tales of Native American athletes who overcame tremendous obstacles to dominate the NFL, CFL, PGA, Olympic Games, NHL and professional wrestling"--Publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781927922019 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
regular print
269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba : J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Inc., 2014.
Copyright: ©2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1. The World's Greatest Athlete - Anytime, Anywhere (Jim Thorpe) -- Chapter 2. "Waaahoooooooooo!" (Ed "Wahoo" McDaniel) -- Chapter 3. A Formula for Success (Billy Mills) -- Chapter 4. "Almost There" (Notah Begay III) -- Chapter 5. "The House that Jack Built" (Jack Jacobs) -- Chapter 6. Longboat Left a Long Trail on the Land (Tom Longboat) -- Chapter 7. Hockey First for First Nations (George Armstrong) -- Chapter 8. Mascots -- Chapter 9. Playing Our Own Games -- Chapter 10. "The First 500 Years are Always the Toughest" -- Chapter 11. "Too Many Stars and Not Enough Space"