Shoot, Minnie, Shoot!
The Story of the 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Girls, Basketball's First World Champions
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Narrated by:
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Anna Fields
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By:
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Happy Jack Feder
About this listen
In less than one year after first seeing a basketball, they were crowned the first world champions of basketball at St. Louis' 1904 World's Fair. Millions saw them and gained a deeper understanding and love for Indians. This is the story of that team, seen through the eyes of star player, Minnie Burton.
©2004 Happy Jack Feder (P)2005 Blackstone Audio Inc.Critic reviews
"Anna Fields brings this fictional biography to life with respect and joy. Fields skillfully portrays the various Native American children from a wide variety of tribes....One needn't be a basketball fan to enjoy this reading." (AudioFile)
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Laurel Robinson
- 05-29-14
inspirational
Would you consider the audio edition of Shoot, Minnie, Shoot! to be better than the print version?
yes
What did you like best about this story?
it was based on fact.
What does Anna Fields bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
not sure
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I loved the book it made me feel good
Any additional comments?
I have recommended it often
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Ms. Nicholas
- 02-13-17
A peek into Montana History
I'm from Montana and took Montana history in school. This story may have been told in class but I don't remember hearing it before so it was fascinating to find out about the success of these amazing female athletes in a time when there was much discrimination against the native people of our country. The story was fictionalized by the author who took a very positive uplifting point of view about the adventures of the Fort Shaw Indian girls basketball team. The narrator, Anna Fields, did a nice job of giving each character in the story a unique voice. I was slightly disappointed at the end to find out that parts of the story were just fiction and never actually happened but at the same time, I think Happy Jack did a good job of imagining what might have gone on in the journey of the girls.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- T. Arcangel
- 12-23-10
Full of Inaccuracies
I gave the book 2 stars because the story of the Fort Shaw Indian girls basketball team is fascinating, but this particular telling of it is so full of inaccuracies that I hardly know where to begin. The Shoshone are not part of the Sioux (Lakota!) nation. F.C. Campbell was only 6 yrs old when the Massacre on the Marias took place. The girl holding the ball on the cover is Belle Johnson, not Minnie. I couldn't help but roll my eyes at the cultural misrepresentations that were found throughout the book. I imagine that Shoshone, Blackfeet, and other Indian readers will be more than irritated by the distortions of their cultural and religious beliefs.
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