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Article: Celebrating Native American Heritage and Culture.
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- Baptist History and Heritage
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- March 22, 2008
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"How many Native American professional basketball players can you name?" The question came to me from a Native American pastor friend. Not being a basketball fan, I confessed I knew of none. "That's right," my friend said. "Do you know why?"
His question was an interesting one. Some of the best high school basketball players in the state of Montana are Native Americans, which has been the case for years. Yet, none of these high school players has ever moved into professional basketball. For that matter, none has ever progressed to the starting ranks of a top college program in the NCAA. My friend explained that high-profile individualism is rare in Native ...