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Q & A with Billy Mills; Remembering Haskell Institute, Olympic Race and the Future

Q & A with Billy Mills; Remembering Haskell Institute, Olympic Race and the Future

Billy Mills (Track & Field) 1953-57 Mills grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the Oglala Lakota Tribe in Pine Ridge, S.D. Growing up Mills participated in boxing and running but did not hone his skills on the track until he came to Lawrence, Kan., and Haskell Institute. Following his time at Haskell, the South Dakota native went onto star at …

by admin on July 30th, 2012 1 Comments »

Native American Olympians Celebrated at New Smithsonian Exhibition

Native American Olympians Celebrated at New Smithsonian Exhibition

Honored Athletes Include Jim Thorpe, Billy Mills and Duke Kahanamoku (Press Release) On the 100th anniversary of the Olympic Games in which athletes Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox), Duke Kahanamoku (Native Hawaiian), Andrew Sockalexis (Penobscot) and Lewis Tewanima (Hopi) represented the United States in Stockholm, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents “Best in the World: Native Athletes …

by admin on May 9th, 2012 1 Comments »

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