Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series young adult passed from generation to generation

passed from generation to generation

and the promise of their becoming

Viewpoints by members of the Menominee

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the same eyes

Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series young adult passed from generation to generationCharles Bender grew up on the White Earth Reservation in Northwestern Minnesota. John Meyers was raised on the Cahuilla reservation in Southern California. Despite their mutual respect for each other's talents and their shared dedication to Native representation in baseball, the media was determined to pit them against each other. However, they never gave up on their dreams of being pro baseball players and didnt let the supposed rivalry created by