Native Athletes in Action!

by Vincent Schilling

Overview

The revised edition of Native Athletes in Action adds two new and exciting young basketball players to the roster of outstanding Native athletes already included in the book. Shoni Schimmel, a tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in eastern Oregon, has earned the nicknames “The Umatilla Thrilla” and “Showtime” in the world of women's basketball. To people in Indian Country, Shoni is an absolute hero. Kenny Dobbs, aka “The Dunk Inventor,” is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and has toured the globe with the National Basketball Association as a celebrity dunker for sold-out shows. The biographies of all thirteen athletes describe the hard work, determination and education it took to accomplish their dreams and become the champions they are.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781939053145
Publisher:	Book Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Series:	Native Trailblazers , #6
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,080,459
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

In addition to serving as the executive vice-president and co-owner of Schilling Media, Inc., a Native American media-relations corporation,Vincent Schilling is an enrolled member of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe; an award-winning Native American author, producer and photojournalist; and a public speaker who has traveled throughout the United States and Canada.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Photo credits viii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Basketball Dunking Champion Kenny Dobbs (Choctaw) 1

Chapter 2 Professional Women's Basketball Player Shoni Shimmel (Umatilla) 12

Chapter 3 Wheelchair-Racing Olympian and World Record Holder Cheri Becerra-Madsen (Omaha) 19

Chapter 4 Indy Race Car Driver Cory Witherill (Navajo) 27

Chapter 5 Olympic Gold Medalist in Kayaking Alwyn Morris (Mohawk) 34

Chapter 6 Ice Dancer, Olympian, and Figure Skater Nagomi Land (Karuk) 42

Chapter 7 Professional Baseball Pitcher Beau Kemp (Choctaw and Chickasaw) 51

Chapter 8 Ringette Team Canada Shelly Hruska (Métis) 58

Chapter 9 National Hockey League Star Jordin Tootoo (Inuit) 65

Chapter 10 Fastest Skier in North America Ross Anderson (Cheyenne-Arapaho, Mescalero Apache) 72

Chapter 11 Championship Wrestler Stephanie Murata (Osage) 80

Chapter 12 An American Legend Jina Thorpe (Sauk and Fox) 87

Chapter 13 Lacrosse Champion Delby Powless (Mohawk) 97

About the Author 105

Resources 119

Editorial Reviews

"Athletes in Action has great readability and appealed to our students Our Native youth were able to identify with real people who experienced many of the same challenges they do."

Janey Solomon