Tuesday, August 19, 2025 – Native athletes rally on the local and international levels

Incoming Tishomingo High School senior golfer Carli Upton. (Photo: Christiana Alford) Among the big wins in athletic competition this summer is the victory by the Haudenosaunee Nationals at the Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship. They are first time medalists at the senior level and their win over Puerto Rico has far-reaching implications. We’ll hear from a player and a coach for the team and take the opportunity to catch up with some other notable Native athletes, from a Comanche professional boxer to the Diné college swimmer. GUESTS Carli Upton (Chickasaw and Choctaw), student and golfer at Tishomingo High School Bean Minerd (Onondaga Nation), Haudenosaunee Nationals women’s lacrosse team member and head women’s lacrosse coach of Buffalo State University George “Comanche Boy” Tahdooahnippah (Comanche), former professional boxer, North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, and CEO of Numunu Kaylah Yazzie (Navajo, Comanche, and Sac and Fox), swimmer for the University of New Mexico Claudia Jimerson (Cayuga Nation), director of lacrosse operations and board member for the Haudenosaunee Nationals   Break 1 Music: Different Build (song) Nige B (artist) Reshape – Refashion (album) Break 2 Music: Real Things (song) Joe H Henry (artist) Real Things (album)