Contenders : Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series Yakama Matika Wilbur sold everything in

Matika Wilbur sold everything in her Seattle apartment and set out on a Kickstarter-funded pursuit to visit

often staying in barely habitable church attics and trailers

Indigenous knowledge

one of the architects of the Indian residential school system in Canada

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Contenders : Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series Yakama Matika Wilbur sold everything inThe true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native pro baseball players to face off in a World Series. This picture book teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports. Charles Bender grew up on the White Earth Reservation in Northwestern Minnesota. John Meyers was raised on the Cahuilla reservation in Southern