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By the time Europeans began arriving in North America during the late sixteenth century, Native Americans already had a long tradition of individual contests and team sports. Both men and women engaged in competitive recreation, especially various kinds of ball games. Southwestern native peoples played a form of basketball, and northern tribes competed in a version of modern-day...
Source: Colonial America: Almanac, ©2000 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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