Post by blackcrowheart on Apr 8, 2006 9:44:58 GMT -5
Choctaw Stickball
Choctaw Stickball Chris Brennaman
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The game of Stickball goes back further than anyone can remember. Since
1978, the Sacred Run has been taking place across the United States.
Sunday the two officially met.
Sacred Run organizer Dennis Banks says that the run brings the message
that all life is sacred. The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians hosted
a stickball game for those taking part in the Sacred Run.
"This is for the Sacred Run that's coming through here. Dennis Banks has
never seen the game played before," said Stickball Official Ron Alex.
"So we're just doing this for a benefit game for them."
Even though he's never seen a game...Banks was somehow recruited to
play.
"I would like to be a spectator today, but they gave me a t-shirt and
they gave me some sticks and I'll probably get in there one play, but
I'm not a player," said Banks.
Like all sports, Stickball has evolved over time. The game has gotten
more organized and the field is now smaller. In fact, some games played
many years ago used a mile-long field. Now the game is played on a
football field. Though used for entertainment now, the game was not
always that way.
"The game is also, in elder days, was used to settle disputes between
two Choctaw Villages and some of the other tribes, mostly over hunting
territory," said Dr. Kennith York.
If you would like to take in a Stickball game, the World Series of
Stickball Playoffs will take place at Choctaw Central's football field
during the Choctaw Indian Fair...July 12 through the 15th.
Choctaw Stickball Chris Brennaman
www.wtok.com/news/headlines/2565806.html
<http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/2565806.html>
The game of Stickball goes back further than anyone can remember. Since
1978, the Sacred Run has been taking place across the United States.
Sunday the two officially met.
Sacred Run organizer Dennis Banks says that the run brings the message
that all life is sacred. The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians hosted
a stickball game for those taking part in the Sacred Run.
"This is for the Sacred Run that's coming through here. Dennis Banks has
never seen the game played before," said Stickball Official Ron Alex.
"So we're just doing this for a benefit game for them."
Even though he's never seen a game...Banks was somehow recruited to
play.
"I would like to be a spectator today, but they gave me a t-shirt and
they gave me some sticks and I'll probably get in there one play, but
I'm not a player," said Banks.
Like all sports, Stickball has evolved over time. The game has gotten
more organized and the field is now smaller. In fact, some games played
many years ago used a mile-long field. Now the game is played on a
football field. Though used for entertainment now, the game was not
always that way.
"The game is also, in elder days, was used to settle disputes between
two Choctaw Villages and some of the other tribes, mostly over hunting
territory," said Dr. Kennith York.
If you would like to take in a Stickball game, the World Series of
Stickball Playoffs will take place at Choctaw Central's football field
during the Choctaw Indian Fair...July 12 through the 15th.