Dr. Billie Kingfisher, originally form Cheyenne River, will be visiting Standing Rock hoping to record oral histories and memories of local American Indian basketball players from the 50s and 60s on the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River reservations. He is working in connection with the South Dakota Oral History Center at USD. In addition to oral histories, he hopes to produce a book on the subject of American Indian basketball in the Dakotas.
If you know someone who would be interested in being interviewed, please contact him at 605-670-7961 or abninf504@hotmail.com
A very exciting project on a very interesting topic.
Sixth Annual All-Indian Basketball Tournament on Standing Rock from NARA via Wikimedia Commons