Native Ball: Straight Out of Browning
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Blackfeet Nation's Malia Kipp inspired and empowered young Native Americans.
Malia Kipp grew in a small remote town on the Blackfeet Reservation, where family and basketball went hand-in-hand. She became a role model to young Native American’s through her achievements on the court and in the classroom.
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Native Ball: Straight Out of Browning
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Malia Kipp grew in a small remote town on the Blackfeet Reservation, where family and basketball went hand-in-hand. She became a role model to young Native American’s through her achievements on the court and in the classroom.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(gentle music) - We don't have a lot of opportunities on the reservation, so basketball around here, that's really big.
We just wanna cheer on our people.
- The small-town girl, coming from Browning, Montana, Blackfeet Reservation, Malia Kipp just paving a way for all young Native Americans.
It's just inspiring right now.
- For my kids to have someone to look up to is really important.
Some of the challenges on the reservation are drugs and alcohol, absent parents, grandparents raising children.
It's tough.
(gentle music) - My name is Barbara Malia Kipp.
I'm a member of the Blackfeet Tribe, born and raised in Browning, Montana.
If you wanna go to Walmart or a movie theater, it's two-and-a-half hours in any direction.
Growing up in the Kipp household, we were a team.
I was the oldest.
We were really family-oriented.
I spent a lot of time with my great-grandparents, with my grandparents.
If you grew up on a reservation, that's just how our circle of life has always been.
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Clip: S1 | 1m 21s | Blackfeet Nation's Malia Kipp inspired and empowered young Native Americans. (1m 21s)
Native Ball: Living in Two Worlds
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Clip: S1 | 1m 28s | Blackfeet hoops player Malia Kipp successfully navigated cultural differences in college. (1m 28s)
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Preview: S1 | 30s | A Native American girl uses basketball as a ticket to college and helping others. (30s)
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