Native America Calling

Photos clockwise from top left: University of Nebraska quarterback Casey Thompson (Kiowa); University of Minnesota-Morris DL Mondo Calderon (Tule River Indian Tribe); University of Mississippi softball player Tenly Grisham (Mississippi Choctaw); University of South Dakota basketball player Mason Archambault (Standing Rock Sioux); Rogers State University softball pitcher Sara Llamas-Howell (Pawnee)

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 – Reaching for the college sports roster

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Host: Shawn Spruce

Getting signed to a college sports team is a dream for many Native athletes. It appeals to the competitive spirit and can be a major higher education financial boost. But it comes with responsibilities, pressures, and the possibility for injury. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce explores what it takes to reach and sustain NCAA status with Bennae Calac (Pauma Band of Luiseno Indians), co-founder, president, and executive director of the 7G Foundation; Zach Blankenship (Cherokee and Navajo), freshman at Oklahoma State University; and Amil Mitchell (Nez Perce), shooting guard for LeMoyne-Owen College.  

Break 1 music: Stomp the Yard (song) Elk Soldier (artist) The Elk Way (album)

Break 2 music: Enaemaekisaeh (song) Wayne Silas Jr (artist) Infinite Passion (album)

Comments

  1. Cuyler says

    There are two players from Navajo Nation on NMSU football as well. Shiyazh Pete and JJ Jones. Had teh pleaseure of broadcasting their game over the weekend.

    -Cuyler

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