by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 15, 2022 | Abe Streep, basketball, rez ball
When i wrote about the Arlee Warrior basketball team and Abe Streep’s wonderful book about them, Rez ball in Montana, and the problems successful Native high school athletes have making it to and in the college game, I did not know that one of the key players...
by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 10, 2022 | Abe Streep, basketball, Lapwai, Larry Colton
A year ago, I wrote a blog post I called “Rez Ball.” I gave a little Indian sports background, then a nod to Larry Colton’s book about a Native basketball player he’d followed through the 1992-93 season in Montana, Counting Coup, and I celebrated the 2021 Lapwai Boys...
by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 8, 2022 | Abe Streep, Arlee Warriors, basketball, Lapwai, rez ball
I don’t know when I first heard the term “rez ball,” but I’ve been watching Nixyaawii School on the Umatilla Reservation play basketball for years, and that’s where I got my idea of what it is. It’s more passes than dribbles, move the ball, and offense coming off...
