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  2. List of athletes from Montana - Wikipedia

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    In 1904, a group of young Native-American women from Montana, after playing undefeated during their last season, went to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, and defeated all challenging teams and were declared to be world champions. For this they received a large silver trophy with the inscription "World's Fair – St ...

  3. Fort Shaw Indian School Girls Basketball Team - Wikipedia

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    "In January 1904, at Fort Shaw Indian school of Great Falls, Montana, the girls' basketball team held the Montana state championship. The girls were all natives of the Rocky Mountain district, and were in grades 7 and 8 (with the exception of the player holding the ball, who was married in December 1903 and became a school employee)."

  4. List of Native American sportspeople - Wikipedia

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    Ryneldi Becenti, first Native American to play in the WNBA, [46] first Native American woman to play professional basketball for a foreign nation [47] Joe Burton, first Native American to earn a scholarship to a Pac-10 conference [48] Sonny Dove, Wampanoag N.B.A. basketball player Detroit Pistons and New York Nets

  5. Montana native and bull-riding pioneer has advice for a ... - AOL

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    Jonnie Jonckowski went from dashed Olympic hopes to a bull-riding pioneer, and now encourages other women to do the same. Montana native and bull-riding pioneer has advice for a generation of ...

  6. Janee' Kassanavoid - Wikipedia

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    Kassanavoid set her personal best of 78.00 m (255 ft 10 in) on April 30, 2022, in Tucson, Arizona. [1] [2] On July 17, 2022, at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Kassanavoid won the bronze medal with a distance of 74.86 m. [3]

  7. Mitchelene BigMan - Wikipedia

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    The success of this Color Guard became the basis for BigMan's Native American Women Warriors (NAWW), the modern successor to AWIFV, chartered on March 12, 2010. [2] NAWW's purpose is dedicated to the recognition of women veterans, especially of Native American descent, and their contributions to both the military and indigenous cultures of the ...

  8. Ryneldi Becenti - Wikipedia

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    She was the first Native American woman to play professional basketball for a foreign nation. [4] In 1997, she signed with the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA as a free agent and played in their inaugural season. In 1998, she was drafted by the Chicago Condors in the American Basketball League. [5] [6] [7]

  9. Minnie Spotted-Wolf - Wikipedia

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    Minnie Spotted-Wolf enlisted in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in July 1943. [3]Spotted-Wolf, from Heart Butte, Montana, was a member of the Blackfoot tribe. Prior to joining the Marines, she had worked on her father's ranch doing such chores as cutting fence posts, driving a two-ton truck, and breaking horses. [4]