INDEX

Alaska, 31

Apache, 43

Aztec, 47, 52

Bannock, 44

Belize, 48

Brazil, 54

British Columbia, 35

Caingang, 54

Catlin, George, 27–28

Central America, 47, 48

Chaco, 53–54

Cherokee, 25

Cheyenne, 29

Chile, 47

Chinook, 36

Chippewa, 19, 20

Choctaw, 25

Clatsop, 36

Dakota, 36

Ecuador, 47

Great Plains, 40

Guatemala, 48

Hero Twins, 52

Honduras, 48

Hopi, 39, 43, 44

Huron, 15

Inca, 47–48

Inuit, 10, 31–32

Iroquois, 21

Kansas, 20

Kawkiutl, 35

Keres, 44

Louisiana, 27

Maine, 9

Mandan, 9, 27–28

Manidog, 15

Maya, 47, 48–51, 52

Menomini, 15, 20

Mexico, 48

Missouri, 27

Mohave, 44

Muskogee, 25

Natchez, 27

Native American sports and games

archery, 9, 20, 28, 55

ato’wi (kick fight), 20

ball game, 50–51, 52

blanket toss, 10, 31–32

board games, 54

boxing, 53 cat’s cradle, 39

chicken pull, 44–45

dice games, 13, 20–21, 28, 48, 52

double ball, 19, 40

foot races, 20, 43, 47

gambling, 10, 19, 39, 48

guessing games, 13, 20, 36–37, 39

hoop and pole games, 21, 27–28, 29, 32, 36, 40, 53

jacks, 28

jumping games, 32

lacrosse, 13, 15–19, 25–26, 31

shinny, 40

shuttlecock, 10, 35, 40–43

snow snake, 9, 21–23, 25

tug-of-war, 35

wrestling, 20, 32

Navajo, 39

New Mexico, 39, 44

New York, 21

North America, 15, 48

Odawa, 55

Ojibwa, 16

Ontario, 15

Opata, 44

Oregon, 36

Payuga, 53

Pelletier, William, 55

Penobscot, 9

Peru, 47

Pima, 44

Potowatomi, 19, 20

Seminole, 25

Seneca, 21

Skokomish, 35

South America, 47, 52–53

Spanish, 48

Spider Grandmother, 39, 40

Tewa, 43, 44

Thunderbird, 15

Thunderer, 15

Winnebago, 20

Wisconsin, 15

Yuma, 44

Zuñi, 10, 39, 40