Native Games: Indigenous Peoples and Sports in the Post-Colonial World (Research in the Sociology of Sport)

Research On Indigenous Participation In Sport Offers Many Opportunities To Better Understand The Political Issues Of Equality, Empowerment, Self-determination And Protection Of Culture And Identity. This Volume Compares And Conceptualises The Sociological Significance Of Indigenous Sports In Different International Contexts. The Contributions, All Written By Indigenous Scholars And Those Working Directly In Indigenous/native Studies Units, Provide Unique Studies Of Contemporary Experiences Of Indigenous Sports Participation. The Papers Investigate Current Understandings Of Indigeneity Found To Circulate Throughout Sports, Sports Organisations And Indigenous Communities. By (1): Situating Attitudes To Racial And Cultural Difference Within The Broader Sociological Processes Of Post Colonial Indigenous Worlds (2): Interrogating Perceptions Of Indigenous Identity With Reference To Contemporary Theories Of Identity Drawn From Indigenous Studies And (3): Providing Insight To Increased Indigenous Participation, Empowerment And Personal Development Through Sport With Reference To Sociological Theory. No Museum Piece : Aboriginal Games And Cultural Contestation In Subarctic Canada / Michael K. Heine -- Lassoing And Reindeer Racing Versus Universal Sports : Various Routes To Sámi Identity Through Sports / Eivind Å. Skille -- A Reservation Hero Is A Hero Forever : Basketball, Irony, And Humor In The Novels Of James Welch, Sherman Alexie, And Stephen Graham Jones / Billy J. Stratton -- Neoliberalism As Neocolonialism? : Considerations On The Marketisation Of Waka Ama In Aotearoa/new Zealand / Renee K.l. Wikaire And Josua I. Newman -- Towards Cultural Competence : How Incorporating Māori Values Could Benefit New Zealand Sport / Holly Raima Hippolite And Toni Bruce -- Resisting Critical Analyses : Gatekeeping Issues With Australian Indigenous Subjects / Stella Coram And Chris Hallinan -- Sport For Development In Zambia : The New Or Not So New Colonisation? / Ruth Jeanes, Jonathan Magee, Tess Kay And Davies Banda -- The Legacy Of Jack Johnson On Aboriginal Australia / John Maynard -- Indigenous Reconciliation Games : Selling Australian Football As The New Game To The New South Africa / Barry Judd And Chris Hallinan -- Youth Development Through Recreation : Eurocentric Influences And Aboriginal Self-determination / Alana Rovito And Audrey R. Giles -- Paradigm Lost : Indigenous Games And Neoliberalism In The South African Context / Cora Burnett -- Hope And Strength(s) Through Physical Activity For Canada's Aboriginal Peoples / Victoria Paraschak -- Uncomfortable Icons : Uneasiness, Expectations, And American Indians In Sport / C. Richard King. Edited By Chris Hallinan, Barry Judd. Includes Bibliographical References. FRONT COVER 1 NATIVE GAMES: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND SPORTS IN THE POST-COLONIAL WORLD 4 COPYRIGHT PAGE 5 CONTENTS 6 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 8 INTRODUCTION 10 THE COVER 11 THE CHAPTERS 11 REFERENCES 14 FOREWORD 16 NO 'MUSEUM PIECE': ABORIGINAL GAMES AND CULTURAL CONTESTATION IN SUBARCTIC CANADA 24 INTRODUCTION 25 'SURVIVALS' AND 'INTRUSIONS' 27 THE SELF-REFERENTIAL SYMBOLIC INVENTORY OF OLYMPIC SPORTS 28 DENE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE 30 THE DENE GAMES GATHERING 31 OUTLOOK 38 FIVE KEY READINGS 38 NOTE 40 REFERENCES 40 LASSOING AND REINDEER RACING VERSUS 'UNIVERSAL' SPORTS: VARIOUS ROUTES TO SÁMI IDENTITY THROUGH SPORTS 44 INTRODUCTION 45 FORMER RESEARCH 47 CONTEXT OF THE SÁMI SPORT ORGANISATION IN NORWAY 48 THEORY 49 METHODS 51 SÁMI SPORT ACTIVITIES AS BOUNDARIES 52 A REINTERPRETATION OF ETHNICITY AND BOUNDARIES 57 CONCLUSION 59 FIVE KEY READINGS 59 NOTES 60 REFERENCES 61 'A RESERVATION HERO IS A HERO FOREVER': BASKETBALL, IRONY, AND HUMOR IN THE NOVELS OF JAMES WELCH, SHERMAN ALEXIE, AND STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES 66 FIVE KEY READINGS 79 REFERENCES 80 NEOLIBERALISM AS NEOCOLONIALISM?: CONSIDERATIONS ON THE MARKETISATION OF WAKA AMA IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND 82 A MĀORI RENAISSANCE 88 PLAYING NEAR THE BEEHIVE 89 SPORTING CONJUNCTURALISM AND THE RE-EMERGENCE OF WAKA AMA 93 NATIONALISING WAKA AMA 94 NOTES FROM THE 2011 WAKA AMA NATIONALS 95 CODA: NEOLIBERALISM, NEOCOLONIALISM AND THE FUTURE OF WAKA AMA 99 FIVE KEY READINGS 100 NOTES 101 REFERENCES 104 TOWARDS CULTURAL COMPETENCE: HOW INCORPORATING MĀORI VALUES COULD BENEFIT NEW ZEALAND SPORT 108 INTRODUCTION 109 THE CURRENT STATE OF NEW ZEALAND SPORT 112 CULTURAL DESTRUCTIVENESS 112 CULTURAL INCAPACITY 113 CULTURAL BLINDNESS 114 CULTURAL PRE-COMPETENCE 116 CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND PROFICIENCY 116 TOWARDS CULTURALLY COMPETENT SPORT 117 CONCLUSION 122 FIVE KEY READINGS 124 NOTES 125 REFERENCES 126 RESISTING CRITICAL ANALYSES: GATEKEEPING ISSUES WITH AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS 'SUBJECTS' 130 INTRODUCTION 131 REFLEXIVITY AND DISRUPTING 'GATE KEEPER' 133 RACIAL HEGEMONY AND INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATION IN SPORT 137 THE POLITICS OF LOCATION 138 BLINDED BY REVIEWS 140 RESISTING 'GATE KEEPING' 143 CONCLUSION 146 FIVE KEY READINGS 146 NOTE 148 REFERENCES 148 SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ZAMBIA: THE NEW OR NOT SO NEW COLONISATION? 150 INTRODUCTION 151 SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT: A POST-COLONIAL CRITIQUE 153 ZAMBIAN SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE RESEARCH CONTEXT 155 UNDERTAKING SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH 158 FINDINGS 159 CONCLUSIONS 164 FIVE KEY READINGS 165 REFERENCES 166 THE LEGACY OF JACK JOHNSON ON ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA 170 INTRODUCTION 171 THE COLOURED PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION 171 THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD 174 THE INSPIRATION OF JACK JOHNSON 176 THE POLITICAL AGITATOR 178 FIVE KEY READINGS 180 NOTES 181 REFERENCES 181 INDIGENOUS RECONCILIATION GAMES: SELLING AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL AS THE NEW GAME TO THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA 184 INTRODUCTION 185 RESEARCH APPROACH 186 NEW QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 187 AN AUSTRALIAN IN SOUTH AFRICA 188 SELLING AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL IN SOUTH AFRICA (1997–2008) 189 AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL IN SOUTH AFRICA (THE AFL PERSPECTIVE) 192 AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL IN SOUTH AFRICA (THE SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE) 196 AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL IN AUSTRALIA (THE INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVE) 198 CONCLUSION 201 FIVE KEY READINGS 202 REFERENCES 203 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH RECREATION: EUROCENTRIC INFLUENCES AND ABORIGINAL SELF-DETERMINATION 206 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 207 OUTSIDE LOOKING IN 210 METHODOLOGY AND METHODS 212 ANALYSIS 214 RESULTS 214 DISCUSSION 218 CONCLUSIONS 222 FIVE KEY READINGS 223 NOTE 223 REFERENCES 224 PARADIGM LOST: INDIGENOUS GAMES AND NEOLIBERALISM IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT 228 BACKGROUND 229 WHAT CONSTITUTES THE INDIGENOUS PLAY AND GAME PHENOMENA? 231 THE INDIGENOUS GAMES RESEARCH PROJECT 233 RESULTS 235 SOCIO-POLITICAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF INDIGENOUS SPORT 242 IN CONCLUSION: A PARADIGM LOST? 244 FIVE KEY READINGS 246 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 248 REFERENCES 248 HOPE AND STRENGTH(S) THROUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR CANADA'S ABORIGINAL PEOPLES 252 THE WAKA'S JOURNEY IN/TO AOTEAROA 84 COLONISATION AND THE DEMISE OF THE WAKA 86 THE STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE 256 PRACTICES OF HOPE 260 THE CONTRIBUTION OF HOPE TO A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE 262 CONCLUSION 264 FIVE KEY READINGS 265 NOTES 267 REFERENCES 267 UNCOMFORTABLE ICONS: UNEASINESS, EXPECTATIONS, AND AMERICAN INDIANS IN SPORT 270 INDIANS MADE UNEASY 272 UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS 274 UNEASY ENACTMENTS 276 ON EXPECTATIONS 278 TOWARD A MIDDLE GROUND (?) 280 CONCLUSIONS 283 FIVE READINGS 286 REFERENCES 287 Research on Indigenous participation in sport offers many oppertunities to better understand the political issues of equality, empowerment, self-determination and protection of culture and identity. This volume compares and conceptualises the sociological significance of Indigenous sports in different international contexts. The contributions, all written by Indigenous scholars and those working directly in Indigenous/Native Studies units, provide unique studies of contemporary experiences of Indigenous sports participation. The papers investigate current understandings of Indigeneity found to circulate throughout sports, sports organisations and Indigenous communities. by (1): situating attitudes to racial and cultural difference within the broader sociological processes of post colonial Indigenous worlds (2): interrogating perceptions of Indigenous identity with reference to contemporary theories of identity drawn from Indigenous Studies and (3): providing insight to increased Indigenous participation, empowerment and personal development through sport with reference to sociological theory Presents a collection of essays comparing and conceptualising the sociological significance of Indigenous sports in different international contexts. The contributions, all written by Indigenous scholars and those working directly in Indigenous/Native Studies units, provide studies of contemporary experiences of Indigenous sports participation. Contributors investigate current understandings of Indigeneity found to circulate throughout sports, sports organisations and Indigenous communities by: situating attitudes to racial and cultural difference within the broader sociological processes of post colonial Indigenous worlds; interrogating perceptions of Indigenous identity with reference to contemporary theories of identity drawn from Indigenous Studies; and providing insight to increased Indigenous participation, empowerment and personal development through sport with reference to sociological theory. --From publisher description