In the story "The Big Game," the players are members of teams. The teams validate and reinforce each member's identity as a basketball player, just as Native communities validate and reinforce the identities of their members. Being part of a larger group is critical to identity in both cases.
-from Indigenous Identity What is it, and Who really has it? by Hilary N. Weaver
American Indian Quarterly/Spring 2001/Vol.25, No.2 page 246
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