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resources: sheboygan
red skins | girls'
basketball | Indian
baseball | Indian mascots | UW
boxing
Sheboygan Red Skins
Sheboygan County Historical Research Center
http://www.schrc.org
518 Water St., Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085
Phone: (920) 467-4667
These are two interesting books relating to the early years of pro basketball.
Both have significant passages relating to the Sheboygan Redskins.
Neil D. Isaacs. Vintage NBA: The Pioneer Era, 1946-1956.
Indianapolis: Masters Press, 1996.
Robert Peterson. Cages to Jumpshots: Pro Basketball's
Early Years. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Girls' Basketball
While there has been no thorough study of Wisconsin high school girls'
basketball, the following books shed light on various parts of the story.
Janice A. Beran. From Six-on-Six to Full Court
Press: A Century of Iowa Girls' Basketball. Ames, IA: State University
Press, 1993. Describes the experiences in neighboring Iowa, where the
competitive model for girls' basketball.
Joan S. Hult and Marianna Trekell, editors. A
Century of Women's Basketball: From Frailty to the Final Four.
Reston, VA: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation
and Dance, 1991. This volume contains several articles on early debates
over basketball's competitiveness and threats to girls' health.
Joanne Lannin. A History of Basketball for Girls
and Women: From Bloomers to Big Leagues. Minneapolis: Lerner
Sports, Lerner Publishing, 2000. Written for children, this engaging
and well-illustrated book traces the development of women's basketball
from its beginnings at Smith College to today's Women's National Basketball
Association.
Matt Otte. More Than a Game: The First 100 years
of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, 1986 to 1996.
Amherst, WI: Palmer Publications, 1997. Includes a chapter on the WIAA's
decision to assume jurisdiction over girls' basketball following the
unsanctioned 1925 tournament in Chippewa Falls.
Indian baseball
Baseball Cards
1887-1914
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbhome.html
A feature of the Library of Congress "American Memory" web site. This
is a wonderful collection of over 2000 vintage baseball cards, including
ten cards of Albert (Chief) Bender.
The National Baseball Hall
of Fame
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org
There is a brief biography and photograph of Chief Bender here. Great
Lakes Intertribal Council. This site offers general information on Native
Americans in Wisconsin and links to each of the eleven federally recognized
tribes in the state.
Great Lakes Intertribal Council
http://www.glitc.org
This site offers general information on Native Americans in Wisconsin
and links to each of the eleven federally recognized tribes in the state.
Indian Mascots
American
Indian Sports Team Mascots
http://members.tripod.com/earnestman/1indexpage.htm
This is the best available Web site on the issue. It contains a comprehensive
listing and archives of nationwide efforts to eliminate Indian mascots.
Wisconsin
Indian Education Association
"Indian" Mascot & Logo Taskforce
http://members.tripod.com/earnestman/fr.links.htm
This organization seeks innovative legal, educational and political
means to eliminate the use of "Indian" mascots, logos and nicknames
from all Wisconsin state-supported educational facilities. It is the
primary clearinghouse for Wisconsin anti-mascot activities and includes
position papers, a chronology of the issue since 1989 and proposed legislation.
National Coalition on Racism in
Sports and the Media
http://www.aics.org/NCRSM/
The National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media (NCRSM) was
established in 1992 by leaders of the American Indian Movement to
organize against the use of Indian images and names for logos, symbols or
mascots in professional and collegiate sports, marketing and the media.
In Whose Honor?
http://www.inwhosehonor.com/
Web site including descriptions, reviews and information on In
Whose Honor? American Indian Mascots in Sports, the award-winning
1997 documentary directed by Jay Rosenstein. Educators may order the
tape through New
Day Films. Web site features Rosenstein's three-part 30-minute radio
documentary. (RealPlayer required).
Philip J. Deloria. Playing Indian. New Haven:
Yale University Press, 1998. A fascinating historical look at the many
ways European-Americans have assumed imagined Native American identities,
from the origins of the republic to the present.
Richard King and Charles Fruehling Springwood, editors. Team
Spirits: The Native American Mascots Controversy. Lincoln: University
of Nebraska Press, 2001.
This collection of essays provides a comprehensive but highly readable
scholarly treatment of the subject, including accounts of the Washington
football trademark case and the history of the Marquette University
mascots.
Carol Spindel. Dancing at Halftime: Sports and
the Controversy over American Indian Mascots. New York: New York
University Press, 2000.
A wide-ranging journalistic and historical account by a University of
Illinois
creative writing teacher, prompted by the challenge to Chief Illiniwek.
In Whose Honor? American Indian Mascots in Sports.
Director: Jay Rosenstein. Rosenstein Productions, 1997. Available through
New Day Films.
UW Boxing
Don Kopriva and Jim Mott. On Wisconsin!: The History
of Badger Athletics from 1896-2001. Champaign, Ill.: Sports Publishing,
Inc., 2001. Includes information on the storied UW boxing program.
University of Wisconsin Athletic Board. Report
to the Faculty on the Study of Intercollegiate Boxing at the University
of Wisconsin. UW Wisconsin: Madison, 1950. This report, available
at several University of Wisconsin libraries, documents the response
to faculty health and safety concerns a decade before the boxing program
was ended. For dedicated researchers, the University
Archives maintains a large collection of original materials related
to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including photographs, films
and oral histories related to the boxing program. Materials are available
by appointment only.
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