Games Indians Play

Author : V Raghunathan
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9788184750027

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Games Indians Play by V Raghunathan Pdf

‘Raghunathan writes really well . . . there are rare instances where a reviewer thinks; I wish I could write like that. This is one of those rare instances’ —Bibek Debroy in Indian Express In a rare attempt to understand the Indianness of Indians—among the most intelligent people in the world; but also; to a dispassionate eye; perhaps the most baffling—V. Raghunathan uses the props of game theory and behavioural economics to provide an insight into the difficult conundrum of why we are the way we are. He puts under the scanner our attitudes towards rationality and irrationality; selflessness and selfishness; competition and cooperation; and collaboration and deception. Drawing examples from the way we behave in day-to-day situations; Games Indians Play tries to show how in the long run each one of us—whether businessmen; politicians; bureaucrats; or just plain us—stand to profit more if we were to assume a little self-regulation; give fairness a chance and strive to cooperate and collaborate a little more even if self-interest were to be our main driving force.

Author : Allan and Paulette Macfarlan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486157566

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Handbook of American Indian Games by Allan and Paulette Macfarlan Pdf

Rich collection of 150 authentic American Indian games for boys and girls of all ages: running, relay, kicking, throwing and rolling, tossing and catching, guessing, group-challenge and many other games. 74 black-and-white illustrations.

Author : Stewart Culin
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0486231259

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Games of the North American Indians by Stewart Culin Pdf

The most complete work ever prepared on the subject — based on museum collections, travel and ethnographic accounts, and author's own research. Covers over 200 tribes and everything from games of chance and dexterity to such minor amusements as shuttlecock and tipcat. Bureau of American Ethnology report worth a substantial sum in original edition. 1,112 figures.

Author : Barbara Voorhies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1607815591

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Prehistoric Games of North American Indians by Barbara Voorhies Pdf

Author : Stewart Culin
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0803263562

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Games of the North American Indians: Games of skill by Stewart Culin Pdf

"Reprinted from the original 1907 edition published as the Twenty-fourth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1902-1903, Smithsonian Institution"--T.p. verso.

Author : Ian Frazier
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781429936170

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On the Rez by Ian Frazier Pdf

A great writer's journey of exploration in an American place that is both strange and deeply familiar. In Ian Frazier's bestselling Great Plains, he described meeting a man in New York City named Le War Lance, "an Oglala Sioux Indian from Oglala, South Dakota." In On the Rez, Frazier returns to the plains and focuses on a place at their center-the Pine Ridge Reservation in the prairie and badlands of South Dakota, home of the Oglala Sioux. Frazier drives around "the rez" with Le War Lance and other Oglalas as they tell stories, visit relatives, go to powwows and rodeos and package stores, and try to find parts to fix one or another of their on-the-verge-of-working cars. On the Rez considers Indian ideas of freedom and community and equality that are basic to how we view ourselves. Most of all, he examines the Indian idea of heroism-its suffering and its pulse-quickening, public-spirited glory. On the Rez portrays the survival, through toughness and humor, of a great people whose culture has shaped our American identity.

Author : Coordinator American Indian Studies Jay Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 0516245813

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American Indian Games by Coordinator American Indian Studies Jay Miller Pdf

Briefly describes some of the toys and games used by various North American Indian cultures to amuse their children and teach lessons about life.

Author : Chris Willis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781442277663

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Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians by Chris Willis Pdf

At the beginning of the Roaring Twenties the NFL was just a footnote within the landscape of American sports. The early pro game was played on dirt fields by vagabond athletes who would beat up or punch out their opponent for fifty dollars a game. But one team was different than the rest: the Oorang Indians. Comprised entirely of Native Americans and led by star athlete Jim Thorpe, the Oorang Indians were an instant hit in almost every city they visited. In Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians: How a Dog Kennel Owner Created the NFL's Most Famous Traveling Team, NFL historian Chris Willis tells the story of this unique and fascinating part of professional football history. In 1922 Walter Lingo, a dog kennel owner from tiny La Rue, Ohio, joined forces with Jim Thorpe, the country’s greatest athlete, to create the Oorang Indians. Willis recounts how Lingo used the football team, the star attraction of player-coach Thorpe, and the all Native-American squad to help advertise his kennel and sell dogs, putting the small town of La Rue on the map. With the complete cooperation of the Lingo family and unlimited access to family photos and archives, Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians provides an up-close and behind-the-scenes view into the making of this little-known team. It is a remarkable story that will be enjoyed by football fans and historians alike.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : UOM:39015034625684

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Indians at Work by Anonim Pdf

Author : Boria Majumdar
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789353576011

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Dreams of a Billion by Boria Majumdar Pdf

As India gears up for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the country will focus once again on the moments of glory we have had on the largest sports arena in the world, featuring such stalwarts as Abhinav Bindra, Mary Kom and PV Sindhu. But it will also be time to ask again the question we ask ourselves every four years: why does a country of a billion plus have so little to show for itself at the Olympics?Dreams of a Billion gives the reader an inside view of what goes on backstage in the Indian Olympics world, alongside a quick history of how India has fared at the Olympics over the past century, and a look at how the Indian Olympics world has changed in the last decade. Which brings us to the question: How good is India's preparation for Tokyo 2020? Can Tokyo be the gamechanger Indian sport wants it to be and hopes it will be?

Author : United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120208538

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Indians at Work by United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs Pdf

Author : Stewart Culin
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803263554

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Games of the North American Indians: Games of chance by Stewart Culin Pdf

Games figured prominently in the myths of North American Indian tribes, and also in their ceremonies for bringing rain and fertility and combating misfortune. In his classic study, originally published in 1907 as a report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Stewart Culin divided the games played by Indian men and women into two general types. Volume 1 of this Bison Books edition takes up games of chance, involving guessing and throwing dice. Culin was able to show that the games of North American tribes were remarkably similar in method and purpose. He found that games using dice of various materials—wood, cane, bone, animal teeth, fruit stones—existed among 130 tribes belonging to 30 linguistic groups. The games are described in detail in this volume, and so are the popular guessing games drawing on sticks and wooden disks and involving hidden objects. Volume 2 is just as absorbing in its elaboration of skills like archery and games like snow-snake, in which darts or javelins were hurled over snow or ice. Played throughout the continent north of Mexico were the hoop and pole game and its miniature, solitaire form called ring and pin, here illustrated. With equal authority Culin discusses ball games: racket, shinny, football, and hot ball. He includes accounts of "minor amusements": shuttlecock, tipcat, quoits, popgun, bean shooter, and cat's cradle. Originally published in 1907, Stewart Culin's comprehensive work reveals a side of American Indian culture still only rarely shown. An experienced observer, Culin was curator of ethnology at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and the author of books about games in other cultures.

Author : Samuel S. Dhoraisingam
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789812303462

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Peranakan Indians of Singapore and Melaka by Samuel S. Dhoraisingam Pdf

This book offers a glimpse into an almost unknown but distinct community in Singapore and Malaysia: the Peranakan Indians. Overshadowed by the larger, more widespread and more influential Peranakan Chinese, this tightly knit community likewise dates back to early colonial merchants who intermingled with and married local Malays in Malacca. Most Peranakan Indians are Saivite Hindus, speak a version of Malay amongst themselves, and have a cuisine influenced by all three major cultures of Malaysia and Singapore (Malay, Indian, Chinese). Bringing together original interviews and archival material, this accessible book documents the all-but-forgotten history, customs, religion and culture of the Peranakan Indians of Singapore and Malacca.

Author : Russell Schneider
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1582618402

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The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia by Russell Schneider Pdf

The third edition of The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia contains everything fans have ever wanted to know about one of baseball's most storied franchises. From 1869, when professional baseball came to Cleveland, to 1901, when the Indians became charter members of the American League, to their consistently fabulous play in the 1990s, the team has featured innumerable stars over the years. This comprehensive volume traces the genesis of baseball in Cleveland, covering all of the team lore and legend, the controversies, the triumphs, and the heartaches, including: - Nearly 300 player profiles--from Napoleon Lajoie and Tris Speaker in the early part of the 20th century to 1960s stars Rocky Colavito and Sam McDowell to today's headliners like Omar Vizquel and Jody Gerut - Season-by-season descriptions of unforgettable moments and memories - Nearly 1,000 illustrations of players, game highlights, and memorabilia, including a panoramic foldout of Jacobs Field - Extensive statistics, including box scores, team and individual records, and trades - The World Series championship, the managerial strategies, the personalities, the honors, and the milestones - An immense treasure of little-known facts and surprising anecdotes

Author : Alicce C. Fletcher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783752306965

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Indian Games and Dances by Alicce C. Fletcher Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Indian Games and Dances by Alicce C. Fletcher