The Native Sport and Recreation Program, 1972—1981: Patterns of Resistance, Patterns of Reproduction

1e 1970s could be considered a "golden age" for Native sport in ~da. During this decade, federal bureaucrats and politicians Instrated a commitment to Native sport through the funding of various mcts. The Native Sport and Recreation Program was central to this era; ~gh it, Native organizers across the country were able to work towards own vision of sport. Over the nine years of this program, Native iizers at times resisted, as well as reproduced, the primarily Euroldian vision within which this program was conceived and nistered. An examination of the program's history provides interesting hts into possibilities for Native sport, as well as shilling perceptions t Native sport and recreation within the federal government.