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"Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America"

Armondo Lerma (Agua Caliente)

Armondo Lerma (Agua Caliente), age 7, lands a "kick-flip" at the inter-tribal All National Skate Jam in Albuquerque, N.M.

 

Photo courtesy of Rudy Burciaga, 2008



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Bryant Chapo (Navajo)

Bryant "Cheddar" Chapo (Navajo) performs a "bunt stall" in Pocatello, Idaho, 2007.

 

Photo courtesy of Brandon Flyg, 2007



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4 Wheel Warpony (White Mountain Apache) skate team

Members of the 4-Wheel Warpony (White Mountain Apache) skate team in traditional 19th-century Apache scout dress.

 

Photo courtesy of Dustinn Craig (WHite Mountain Apache/Navajo), 2008



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4 Wheel Warpony (White Mountain Apache)

Armonyo Hume (White Mountain Apache), member of 4 Wheel Warpony skate team.

 

Photo couresty of Dustinn Criag (White Mountain Apache/Navajo), 2008.



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Bunky Echo-Hawk (Yakama/Pawnee)

Contemporary artist and activist Bunky Ehco-Hawk (Yakama/Pawnee) holds three of the decks he designed for Native Skates.

 

Photo courtesy of David Bernie, 2009



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Sac City Skatepark (Gila River Indian Community)

Opened in March 2008, the Sac City Skatepark was the first skatepark supported by the Gila River Indian Community in Sacaton, Arizona.

 

Photo courtesy of the Gila River Indian Community Office of Public Affairs, 2008.



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