Biloxi ball game

[Karenne Wood]

Hi all,
  Just a guess.  The Tutelo-Monacan-Mannahoac Siouan speakers played  a two-stick form of lacrosse, a violent version played by other  Mississipian tribes that evolved into the one-stick lacrosse played by  Haudenosuanee peoples.  It's worth a thought that the Biloxi  played something similar, given the linguistic and spiritual  similarities.  Only a theory.
   Karenne Wood (Monacan), Ford Fellow
  University of Virginia
  PhD candidate, linguistic anthropology

"Rankin, Robert L" <rankin at ku.edu> wrote:Mrs.  Rowe talked about the Kaws playing "shinny". I think Justin mentioned  that the Kaws and Osages had recently competed. Maybe he can fill you  in.
 
Bob

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Sent: Sun 1/14/2007 3:05 PM
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Subject: Biloxi ball game


Hi all, and Happy New Year.
 
Since  there are terms in the Biloxi dictionary for a ball and ball club, I'm  wondering if they played the Choctaw/Cherokee game Stickball,  apparently the precursor of La Crosse. I'm basing this on cultural  contact, such as the Biloxi borrowing the idea of the blowgun from the  Choctaw. Or, was there some type of ball game played among other Siouan  tribes? 
 
The Maya, of course, had their own type of ball game,  which apparently usually ended in the sacrificing (beheading) of one or  the other team. I haven't acquainted myself with all its rules although  they apparently couldn't use their arms or legs in touching the ball  and they apparently had some type of hoop they could put the ball  through for extra points (a la basketball). I don't think the Mayan  ball game had a North American counterpart though, or did it?
 
Any thoughts?
 
Dave

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