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Celebrating the American Indian Sports Legacy
October 7-9, 2016
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Welcome to the Carlisle Journeys” biennial conferences exploring the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and its students. This year’s conference examines the students who played sports in clubs, varsity teams, as amateurs, professionally, and representing the USA in the Olympics.
The Carlisle Indian Industrial School (CIIS) was founded in 1879 as a training program to indoctrinate American Indians for the transition to life outside their traditional communities. It was the intention of the federal government who administered the school that students from tribal communities would assimilate and shun reservation life.
The athletic programs at CIIS left an indelible mark upon the sports that Indigenous Americans have played over the past century and a half. Like the school itself, Carlisle’s legendary athletic teams and rigorous training programs influenced the complex legacies that used sports as a kind of propaganda tool and at the same time modeled the success of the track and football teams for other off-reservation boarding schools. This conference will provide a forum for exploring these tensions and achievements of Native Americans in athletics.
We hope you enjoy the second of our biennial conferences. We’re already looking forward to the future and encourage you to follow us on www.carlislejourneys.org to keep in touch and help as the planning begins for the 2018 conference, Carlisle Journeys: American Indian Cultures, Identity and Sovereignty
Sincerely,
The Cumberland County Historical Society and the Carlisle Journeys Committee
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Assistance: Cumberland Valley Visitors’ Bureau Dickinson College First United Church of Christ Shippensburg University Student Volunteers Wake Forest Documentary Film Program And all the Staff and Volunteers of CCHS for making this possible!
Committee: Dr. John Bloom, Shippensburg University
Ory Cuellar (Absentee Shawnee)
Cara Holtry Curtis, Librarian, CCHS
Dr. Jacqueline Fear-Segal, Univ. of East Anglia, UK
Dr. Gary Gordon (Mohawk), Professor (Retired)
Jason Illari, Executive Director, CCHS
Barbara Landis, CIIS Biographer, CCHS
Matthew March, Education Curator, CCHS
Suzanne Reynolds, Volunteer, CCHS
Dr. Susan Rose, Dickinson College
Malinda Triller Doran, Special Collections Librarian,
Dickinson College
We are grateful to the Choctaw Singers for their
interest and participation during our reception.
Billy Mills, Keynote Speaker________________________
1964 Olympic Gold Medalist Billy Mills, Lakota Sioux, born and
raised on the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation, was orphaned by the
age of 12 and sent to boarding schools. At the Haskell Indian
School, he became a distance runner and earned an athletic
scholarship to the University of Kansas. He was commissioned an
officer in the United States Marine Corps and also trained for the
Olympics, making the team in the marathon and the 10,000
meter run. He had trained his body, mind and soul for “Peak
Performance” and the world would see the greatest upset in
Olympic history unfold.
Amanda Blackhorse_____________________________
Amanda Blackhorse, Diné, and four other young Native
American petitioners, won their 9 year long case before the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board under the US Patent Office
in Blackhorse et.al vs. Pro Football to cancel the federal
registrations of the NFL team, the Washington R*dsk*ns. This
case is making its way through the fourth circuit court of appeals.
In the past year, Amanda Blackhorse and other Native Americans
founded the group, Arizona to Rally Against Native American
Mascots to spread awareness about the harmful effects of
offensive Native mascots.
John Bloom___________________________________
John Bloom is an Associate Professor in the Department of
History and Philosophy at Shippensburg University of
Pennsylvania. He directs the University’s Masters Degree
program in Applied History. He is the author of books on sports,
race and culture in the United States, including To Show What an
Indian Can Do: Sports at Native American Boarding Schools,
and There You Have It: The Life, Legacy, and Legend of Howard
Cosell. He has also edited, with Michael Nevin Willard, Sports
Matters: Race, Recreation, and Culture.
Speakers
Ray Halbritter___________________________
Ray Halbritter, Oneida Wolf Clan, is the Representative of the
Oneida Indian Nation and the CEO of its enterprises. He worked
with tribal leaders to create sustainable enterprises that have
become an engine of jobs, shared prosperity and cultural
resurgence. They include investing in the work of protecting
Native Americans’ political rights, through the launching of the
“Change the Mascot” campaign that has fought anti-Native
American bigotry in professional sports. Supporters of the effort
include elected officials, Native American tribes, sports icons,
leading journalists and news publications, civil and human rights
organizations, and religious leaders.
Sid Jamieson____________________________
Sid Jamieson, Cayuga, coached lacrosse at Bucknell University
and is the first Native American Head Coach in NCAA Div. I
Lacrosse history. His awards include US Intercollegiate Div. I
“Coach of the Year,” Iroquois Nationals “Lifetime Achievement”
Award, and Native Vision “Spirit” Award (2013) when he was
inducted into the National Native American Athletic Hall of
Fame. His resume notably includes advocacy for land and nature
conservancies, NPS recognition of the Susquehanna River as a
National Historic Water Trail, and distinction as one of the three
founders of the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse team.
Sally Jenkins____________________________
Sally Jenkins is a columnist for the Washington Post and the
award-winning author of twelve books. She is the first woman
ever inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters
Hall of Fame. Her pieces have been featured in Smithsonian
Magazine, GQ and Sports Illustrated, and she is a
correspondent for CNBC and for NPR’s All things
Considered. She is no stranger to the Cumberland County
Historical Society where she spent days meticulously researching
her book, THE REAL ALL AMERICANS.
Billy Mills will be
signing his book at
the beginning of the
reception
All other book
signings will be over
the lunch breaks.
Saturday Only
Book Signings
Friday Only
Jon and Jane Black
David Breschi
Chic and Bobbie
Capasso
Ory Cuellar
John M Daley
Gary V Davis
Maryann Demagall
History Department of
Dickinson College
Ray and Robin Fidler
Debra Lynn Friedkin
David and Sandy Hukill
Richard Levine
Joe and Lorraine Luciano
Miller Insurance Associates
Mohegan Sun
Donald G Papson
Robert Reising
John Sayles and Maggi
Renzi
Seneca Nation of Indians
Marcia Simmons
Ilene Steckbeck Whitacre
Blair Williams and April
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Benjamin Nuvamsa_____________________________
Ben Nuvamsa, Hopi Bear Clan, serves as Chairman of the Board
of Directors of Native Capital Access, a CDFI providing funding
for tribal housing programs and tribal entrepreneurs. Nuvamsa
is a traditional practitioner and promotes traditional Hopi
philosophy on preserving our environment. He is Founder and
President/CEO of the KIVA Institute, LLC, a 100% Native
American owned and operated training and consulting
company, providing services to tribal nations in tribal
governance, program management, finance and accounting,
audits, strategic planning; and specializing on the Indian Self-
Determination Act.
Neal Powless_________________________________
Neal Powless, Onondaga Eel Clan, Co-Produced the Major
Motion Picture “Crooked Arrows”, and the NY Emmy
Nominated “Game of Life; Heart and Soul of the Onondaga” a
documentary about the cultural origins of lacrosse. He is the Co-
Founder/Co-Owner of Indigenous Concepts consulting, a firm
he runs with his wife, Michelle, bridging Native American ideals,
culture and communities with companies, organizations and
individuals all over the world. Mr. Powless is the Head Coach for
the Netherlands National Lacrosse team. He played lacrosse
with the Rochester Knighthawks and the Iroquois Nationals.
Shoni and Jude Schimmel_ __________________
Shonie and Jude Schimmel, Umatilla, former high school
basketball players, were recruited by the University of Louisville
Women’s Basketball team where they became star athletes.
Shoni went on to join the WNBA and played for the Atlanta
Dream for two years before being recruited by the NY Liberty.
Jude has written a book called Dreamcatchers. Both women take
their responsibilities as role models for Native American youth
seriously and will be sharing their experiences in their
presentation.
08:30 AM – 05:00 PM Registration: Lobby / CCHS 09:00 AM – 09:15 AM Welcome, Blessing, & Announcements: Todd Hall/CCHS 09:15 AM – 10:30 AM Sally Jenkins: “The Real All-Americans” Todd Hall/CCHS 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Amanda Blackhorse & Ray Halbritter: “American Indian Imagery in Sports” Todd Hall/CCHS 12:00 PM – 02:00 PM Lunch (on your own) & Book Signings 02:00 PM – 03:15 PM Ben Nuvamsa: “Louis Tewanima, Hopi (1882-1969) 2-Time U.S. Olympian: A Paradox (The Untold Story)”: Fellowship Hall /First UCC 03:15 PM – 03:30 PM Break 03:30 PM – 05:00 PM Billy Mills: “Footprints”: Fellowship Hall / First UCC 05:00 PM – 07:00 PM Jim Thorpe Carlisle All-Stars Reception, featuring Choctaw Singers: Todd Hall / CCHS S
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Friday, October 7, 2016 Saturday, October 8, 2016
09:00 AM – 12:00 PM Registration: Lobby / CCHS 09:00 AM – 10:15 AM John Bloom: “A Critical Exploration of the Legacies of Sports at the Carlisle Indian School” Todd Hall / CCHS 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Break 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Jude & Shoni Schimmel: ”Basketball Dreamcatchers” Todd Hall / CCHS 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM Lunch (on your own) & Book Signings 01:30 PM – 02:45 PM Sid Jamieson: “More Than a Game” Todd Hall / CCHS 02:45 PM End of Silent Auction 02:45 PM – 03:30 PM Break 03:30 PM – 05:45 PM Film: “Crooked Arrows,” with discussion by Neal J. Powless: Dana Hall Room 110 / Dickinson College 05:45 PM – 06:00 PM Raffle, Closing & Blessing: Dana Hall Room 110 / Dickinson College
Tour of the Carlisle Indian School Grounds – Reservations
required - Meet at CCHS: 9:00 AM
Tour of the Carlisle Indian School Grounds – Reservations
required - Meet at CCHS: 11:00 AM
Sunday, October 9, 2016