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10/12/2026

Happy Birthday to NDN All-Star #192 MarJon Beauchamp (Mission/La Jolla Luiseño)!

Today we recognize the Native American basketball player on his birthday and celebrate his place on the NDN All-Stars roster.

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10/11/2026

A devastating NFL injury. A boxing war. A skating pioneer finally honored.

Dak Prescot, Choctaw-Apache, suffers the ankle injury that ends his 2020 season.

Alabama boxer Brandon Rios battles Mike Alvarado until a seventh-round stoppage in their 2012 classic.

Seminole figure-skating trailblazer Mabel Fairbanks receives another Hall of Fame honor.

Three stories — and there’s much more from Oct. 11–17.

🎧 Hear the full episode: https://youtu.be/g0915eNiqaM?si=mm740u4TDYo453js

10/05/2026

Here is the latest episode of the NDN All-Stars "This Week In NDN All-Stars History" podcast!

Give it a listen and then let us know what you think!

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09/30/2026

On This Date In NDN All-Stars History - In 2017, NDN All-Star #136 Teton Saltes (Oglala Lakota) makes his first collegiate start at right tackle as New Mexico defeats Air Force 56-38. Saltes helps clear the way for a Lobo offense that piles up 509 total yards and 363 rushing yards. Head coach Bob Davie specifically credits the offensive-line changes, including moving Saltes to tackle, after the victory.

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09/30/2026

On This Date In NDN All-Stars History - In 1967, NDN All-Star #37 Chuck Norris (Cherokee) defeats Skipper Mullins to win the Grand Championship at the American Tang Soo Do Championships in Stockton, California. The title adds another major tournament victory to Norris’s rapidly growing résumé and highlights the Korean martial arts foundation that shapes his competitive style.

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09/30/2026

On This Date In NDN All-Stars History - In 1954, NDN All-Star #23 Early Wynn (Cherokee) makes the first World Series start of his career in Game Two against the New York Giants. Wynn allows three runs in seven innings but takes a 3-1 loss. The result is disappointing, but it marks the postseason arrival of the ace who helped drive Cleveland to an American League-record 111 regular-season victories.

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09/30/2026

On This Date In NDN All-Stars History - In 1934, NDN All-Star #30 Pepper Martin (Osage) lines a two-run single to left as the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Cincinnati Reds 9-0 and clinch the National League pennant. Martin’s fourth-inning hit stretches the lead to 5-0 as the Gas House Gang completes its late-season charge to the pennant and Dizzy Dean earns his thirtieth victory.

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09/30/2026

On This Date In NDN All-Stars History - In 1925, NDN All-Star #6 Jack Dempsey (Cherokee) and leading Black heavyweight contender Harry Wills formally sign articles in Niles, Michigan, for a World Heavyweight Championship fight planned for 1926. The financing collapses and the bout never happens, but the signed agreement marks the closest the long-discussed Dempsey-Wills matchup comes to becoming reality.

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09/29/2026

On This Date In NDN All-Stars History - In 2023, NDN All-Star #54 Ross Anderson (Cheyenne/Arapaho/Mescalero Apache) is announced as a member of the U.S. National Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame Class of 2023. The national Hall selects Anderson after a seventeen-year speed-skiing career highlighted by an American record, a world championship bronze medal and eight national championships.

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09/29/2026

On This Date In NDN All-Stars History - In 2023, the State of Minnesota officially proclaims Henry Boucha Day in honor of NDN All-Star #20 Henry Boucha (Ojibwe). The proclamation recognizes Boucha's Warroad roots, Olympic silver medal, NHL career, work with the NHL Diversity Task Force and lasting impact on hockey and Native communities across Minnesota.

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