NEW YORK -- It's nearly noon on the last Sunday in May, and Pedro Eliza walks hurriedly toward a parked black Mercedes SUV in which his friend, Eddie Espada, sits with a baggie of unused syringes.

Indigenous peoples have been playing stickball for hundreds of years, and every summer since 1975, teams have competed in Mississippi to become champion of perhaps the oldest game in North America.

On the first day of Native American Heritage Month, the Saint Paul-based Indigenous artist Marlena Myles reimagined the Google logo to honor the North American Indigenous game of stickball.

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Bare-chested, partly painted blue and wearing feathers in his long hair, the stuntman was told to portray a Cherokee athlete playing stickball against the Choctaw. Sixkiller knew what he was doing ...

Indigenous peoples have been playing stickball for hundreds of years, and every summer since 1975, teams have competed in Mississippi to become champion of perhaps the oldest game in North America.

TROY, N.Y. — The Friends of Little Italy awarded this year’s Golden Stickball Bat Awards to three deserving recipients ahead of its “Stick It to Child Homelessness” stickball tournament.

The rhythm envelops the stands and a palpable sense of anticipation flows through the crowd. Indigenous people have been playing stickball for hundreds of years, and every summer since 1975, teams ...

Hoss Villa, Bobby Burkes, Brian Larney and Eli J. Hickman vie for the ball at the stickball club DFW Kabutcha Toli's practice on Sunday, May 1, 2022 in Oak Cliff's Kiest Park. The U.S. government ...

Indigenous peoples have been playing stickball for hundreds of years, and every summer since 1975, teams have competed in Mississippi to become champion of perhaps the oldest game in North America.

Jul 6, 2024 Jul 6, 2024 Updated Jan 8, 2025 0 A Cherokee Nation language teacher and athlete says he wants stickball to be the gateway for young Native people to get immersed in their culture.