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Art Coulson

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in Honolulu, Hawaii, The United States

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Fiction, Native American, Children's

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Tim Tingle, Joe Hill, Neil Gaiman, Warren Ellis

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Art Coulson is a writer, editor and storyteller who served as the first executive director of the Wilma Mankiller Foundation in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, after a 25-year career in journalism. The foundation, which carries on Wilma’s legacy of social justice and community development in Indian Country, was named for the first woman elected chief of an American Indian tribe.
Art’s first children’s book, The Creator’s Game: A Story of Baaga’adowe/Lacrosse (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2013), told of the deep spiritual and cultural connections of American Indian people to the sport of lacrosse. His next book, Unstoppable: How Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Defeated the Army, will be published by Capstone in August 2018 ...more

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	The Creator's Game: A Story of Baaga'adowe/Lacrosse by Art Coulson (Goodreads Author), Robert Desjarlait (Illustrations) 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unstoppable: How Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Defeated Army by Art Coulson (Goodreads Author), Nick Hardcastle (Illustrations) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Creator's Game, Cherokee Style

Cherokee Stickball

From my favorite newspaper, The Cherokee Phoenix:

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – More than 60 children played in a stickball tournament hosted by the United Keetoowah Band on July 18 at the UKB Cultural Grounds.

UKB Cultural Director Wesley Procter said the tournament was a first for a local youth stickball league.

“I hope it makes a good impact within the 14-county jurisdiction. We have three (teams) and 2...

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