A prominent Navajo educator once told historian Peter Iverson that "the five major sports on the Navajo Nation are basketball, basketball, basketball, basketball, and rodeo." The Native American passion for Basketball extends far beyond the Navajo, whether on reservations or in cities, among the young and the old.
Indian Basketball was born of har.
Why basketball--a relatively new sport--should hold such a place in Native culture is the question Wade Davies takes up in Native Hoops .
A prominent Navajo educator once told historian Peter Iverson that "the five major sports on the Navajo Nation are basketball, basketball, basketball, basketball, and rodeo." The Native American passion for Basketball extends far beyond the Navajo, whether on reservations or in cities, among the young and the old