Abstract
The concept of decolonizing sport is a call to action for exploring the deep-rooted histories of contemporary sport(s) and how power, privilege, and oppression resulting from settler colonialism impacts the historical development of sport and how we share those stories and realities today. Games and sport have always been a prominent component of Indigenous culture, as many traditional Indigenous games were played at ceremonies and communal events to reinforce pride, reflect cultural teachings, exhibit moral ethics, promote spirituality, maintain socio-political relations, and more (Downey & Neylan, 2015; Macfarlan & Macfarlan, 1958; Oxendine, 1988). However, these experiences and traditions of game and sport for Indigenous communities were impacted by the experiences of those same communities with settler colonialism (Veracini, 2019; Wolfe, 2006). Thus, we must explore the true histories, and Indigenous foundations of sport, to "enrich understandings of Indigenous life . . . and afford examples of scholarship that disrupt the settler colonial mission of Indigenous extermination" (Phillips, Field, O'Bonsawin, & Forsyth, 2019).
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Sport Management, Second Edition |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. |
Pages | 258-260 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781035317189 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781035317172 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2024 |
Keywords
- Culture
- Decolonize
- Indigenous
- Native American
- Sport
- Stories
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- General Business, Management and Accounting