Monday, September 9, 2024 – Making goals with disabled Native athletes

Native America Calling

As the 2024 Paralympic Games wrap up, we will get a glimpse into the world of competition for disabled Native Athletes. Dozens of Indigenous athletes competed in the Games in Paris. And while the big production in France is always something to shoot for, para-athletics isn’t just for elite competitors. They are also an everyday recreational and creative outlet with built-in social and health benefits.

GUESTS

Cheri Madsen (Omaha Tribe of Nebraska), ten-time Paralympic medalist

Dan Ninham (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin), freelance reporter for ICT News and director of the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame

Noah Blue Elk Hotchkiss (Southern Ute, Southern Cheyenne, and Caddo), founder of the Tribal Adaptive Organization

Jimmy Squire (Absentee Shawnee), amputee golfer

Benjamin Cuevas (Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo), college wheelchair basketball player at Eastern Washington University, mentor, and trainer

Break 1 Music: Keep on Keepin’ On [Feat. Tanaya Winder] (song) Tall Paul (artist) The Story of Jim Thorpe (album)

Break 2 Music: Ancestors In My Bones (song) Donita Large (artist) Ancestors In My Bones (album)

Tribal Adaptive Thunderbirds team at the 2023 North America Wheelchair Basketball League Championships in Chicago, Ill. The team placed third. (Courtesy Jason Hotchkiss)