Indigenous peoples have been playing stickball for centuries. It's perhaps the oldest game in North America, and every summer since 1975, teams have competed in Mississippi to become champion.

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.

Stickball fans say it remains pure. There are no pads, no timeouts and no mercy. Players typically don’t even wear shoes. It is not uncommon for people to leave the stickball field with broken ...

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 ...

Indigenous peoples have been playing stickball for centuries. It's perhaps the oldest game in North America, and every summer since 1975, teams have competed in Mississippi to become champion.

Ryker Sixkiller, center foreground, portrays a Cherokee athlete playing stickball in the Marvel “Echo” television series. The stuntman is proud the acting gig allowed him to travel to the ...

Players from Koni Hata Ohoyo and Bok Cito Ohoyo communities battle for possession of the "towa," or ball, during the second half of the World Series of Stickball Women's Division finals, hosted by ...

Stickball, known as ishtaboli in the Choctaw language, is played with 30 players on the field, each carrying two netted sticks called kabotcha, and a small woven leather ball painted bright orange, ...

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.

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.

The stickball playing sticks are made of hickory and the ball is made of woven strips of leather seen on Saturday, July 13, 2024, prior to the start of the final two championship games of the World ...