1904 women's basketball champs
'Full Court Press' honors tenacity of tribal team"FULL COURT QUEST: The Girls From Fort Shaw Indian School Basketball Champions of the World," by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith, University of Oklahoma Press, 496 pages, $29.95
When I think of pioneering basketball players, I think of the women who were the first to earn scholarships after the adoption of Title lX.
So, I was stunned to learn that not only were women playing basketball from the game's inception in 1891, but that a group of women who participated in one of our country's most embarrassing programs—Indian boarding schools—played the game so well they were recognized by World's Fair officials as champions in 1904.
When I think of pioneering basketball players, I think of the women who were the first to earn scholarships after the adoption of Title lX.
So, I was stunned to learn that not only were women playing basketball from the game's inception in 1891, but that a group of women who participated in one of our country's most embarrassing programs—Indian boarding schools—played the game so well they were recognized by World's Fair officials as champions in 1904.
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