Jul 6, 2024 Jul 6, 2024 Updated Jan 8, 2025 0 A Cherokee Nation language teacher and athlete says he wants stickball to be the gateway for young Native people to get immersed in their culture ...

Ryker Sixkiller, center foreground, portrays a Cherokee athlete playing stickball in the Marvel “Echo” television series. The stuntman is proud the acting gig allowed him to travel to the ...

Young members of the Cherokee playing Stickball in North Carolina, US, 1963, and inlay, a picture of the Google Doodle for November 1, 2022 designed by artist Marlena Myles.

ROGERS COUNTY, Okla. — The Rogers County Cherokee Association (RCCA) held a special event to celebrate the Cherokee social game of stickball. The event was held on Sunday at the RCCA's facility ...

According to Cherokee legend, the first stickball game was between land animals and birds. A bear, a turtle and a deer thought they would win through sheer strength.

For the second time in as many years, a team from North Carolina is coming to. Cherokee Nation players from North Carolina’s Big Cove and Wolftown communities will be arriving. Competing in ...

A Cherokee Stickball Story Traci Sorell, illus. by Joseph Erb. Charlesbridge, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-62354-193-4. Teamwork makes the dream work in this stickball-centered picture book from ...

The Rogers County Cherokee Association is welcoming the public to a special event celebrating the Cherokee social game of stickball.

Centuries later, stickball is now a way to unite tribes. Over the past several years, the Oklahoma Cherokee tribe and the North Carolina Cherokee citizens have bonded over traditional stickball games.

SQUIRREL: Oh, my gosh. You know, I could call my guy, my boyfriend. He makes traditional Cherokee stickball sticks. And so he's over in another community. So I may call him and say, hey, we're online.

"Cherokee stickball, it wasn't a sport as we think about it, it was a big cultural part of their life, he said. The Cherokee also had their own newspaper written in two languages.