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This Week in NDN All-Stars History | July 19–25 | One Record-Breaking Night, Boxing Legends & More · Sports History Network

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  Imagine this.
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  You run through the tunnel and onto the court.
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  The arena is packed.
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  The lights are brighter than you've ever seen.
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  Cameras flash from every direction.
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  Then you look down and see the logo at center court.
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  You take one deep breath and realize this could be the biggest moment of your life.
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  And for one Native athlete, it is.
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  Welcome to Indian All Stars.
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  I'm Bill Black and every week we travel back to discover how Native athletes help shape the world of sports.
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  Because history isn't trapped behind museum glass, it comes alive.
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  Indian All Stars celebrates great Native American athletes from the past and the present, bringing these great All Stars back into the spotlight for new generations.
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  Now let's look back and find out what happened.
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  Here's what happened the week of July 19th through July 25th in Indiana all Stars history.
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  We kick off the Week on July 19.
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  In 1937, Iroquois boxing legend Henry Armstrong steps into the ring and stops Lou Massey with a fourth round technical knockout.
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  Fifty years later in 1987, Virgil Hill of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation earns another impressive victory with a 10 round unanimous decision over Junior Edmonds.
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  Then comes the moment from our opening story.
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  One young woman walks onto the court surrounded by the biggest stars in basketball.
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  For most players, simply being there would be enough.
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  But Shoney Schimmel, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, has something even bigger in mind.
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  In 2014, she lights up the WNBA All Star Game with a record setting 29 points, dishes out eight assists, leads the Eastern Conference to an overtime victory and is named the game's Most Valuable Player.
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  Let's move to July 20th.
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  In 1942, Henry Armstrong is right back where he belongs in the ring.
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  The Iroquois champion stops Joe ybarra with a third round technical knockout.
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  Later in 2002, Navajo race car driver Corey Witherell takes the checkered flag in the Nashville Indy Lights 100.
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  And in 2016, Cherokee pitcher Cota Glover reaches every young ballplayer's dream as he makes his major league debut with the Washington Nationals.
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  July 21st opens with one of the biggest fights in heavyweight boxing history.
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  In 1927, Cherokee heavyweight Jack Dempsey needs only 45 seconds of the seventh round to knock out Jack Sharkey.
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  Baseball fans then get their first look at Lakota pitcher Bobby Madrid in 2004 as he makes his major league debut for the Seattle Mariners.
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  He throws a scoreless 10th inning and earns the win over Oakland.
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  In 2006, George Comanche boy Taduanipa of the Comanche Nation adds another victory to his growing professional record, scoring a technical knockout over Julian Williams On July 22, one of the greatest athletes in American history changes uniforms in 1917,
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  Jim Thorpe of the Sac and Fox Nation has his baseball contract purchased by the Cincinnati Reds.
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  Nearly 90 years later in 2005, George Comanche Boy Todoanpa returns to the ring and earns another technical knockout victory, this time over Shane Cotton.
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  The day wraps up north of the border where Mohawk driver Dexter Stacy puts on a display of patience and skill.
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  In 2022.
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  He works his way through the field to finish sixth in the Saskatchewan land of living skies.
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  150 as we reach July 23rd.
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  In 1994, Virgil Hill, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara earns another 12 round unanimous decision, defeating Frank Tate.
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  A Decade later in 2004, Alabama boxer Brandon Rios begins his professional career in impressive fashion, stopping Raul Montes in the third round.
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  Dexter Stacy returns to the track once again in 2022.
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  The Mohawk driver battles through another demanding NASCAR Pioneer Series race before bringing his car home in ninth place.
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  Our only stop on July 24th belongs once again to Henry Armstrong.
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  In 1943, the Iroquois great adds yet another victory to one of boxing's greatest careers, earning a hard fought title.
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  10 round unanimous decision over Willie Joyce.
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  We closed the Week on July 25th inside the Octagon.
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  In 2015, Elizabeth Phillips, representing both the Blackfeet and Choctaw nations, faces Jessamyn Duke at UFC on Fox Dillashaw vs Brown 2 and earns a unanimous decision victory.
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  If you enjoyed today's look back, I invite you to visit IndianAllstars.com where you'll find more athlete stories, blog articles, videos, podcast episodes and exclusive merchandise celebrating great Native American athletes from the past and the present.
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  I hope you'll join me again next week as we bring more great Native athletes back into the spotlight.
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  Until then, this is Indian All Stars.