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