SuAnne Big Crow

SuAnne Big Crow
Born (1974-03-15)March 15, 1974
Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Died February 9, 1992(1992-02-09) (aged 17)
Nationality Oglala Sioux
Known for best high school female basketball player and championship in South Dakota in 1989

SuAnne Big Crow (March 15, 1974 - February 9, 1992) was a basketball player for the 1989 South Dakota champion Pine Ridge High School team. A member of the Oglala Sioux, she was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota, and died as a teenager in a car accident.[1] SuAnne was featured in Ian Frazier's book On the Rez.[2][3]

Her basketball career was successful and dramatic: Big Crow made the last-second winning basket in the state Class A championship game. She was the best girl's player in South Dakota and scored an average of 39 points per game.[4] Her 67 points in a single game was a state record. SuAnne died while traveling to accept a Miss Basketball Award during her senior year of high school.[5]

The SuAnne Big Crow Boys and Girls Club[6] was created in 1992 and was the first Boys and Girls Club built in Indian Country.[7] The center was named for SuAnne, who had wished for a "Happy Town" for children in her community.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Giago, Tim (November 3, 2014). "SuAnne Big Crow Died but Her Dreams Lived On". Huffington Post. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ Frazier, Ian (December 1, 1999). "On the Rez". The Atlantic. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ Harlan, Bill (May 11, 2000). "The Game at Lead". New York Review of Books. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ Plaschke, Bill (February 28, 1999). "Little Big Rivalry: Bitter High School Feud With Vague Origins Has for Decades Divided a Sioux Community Along Athletic and Social Lines". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  5. ↑ "SuAnne Big Crow, Pine Ridge". Rapid City Journal. January 30, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Capturing the Moment: Lakota Teens Learn GigaPan". Carnegie Mellon University. 2009. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ Moon, Ruth (June 3, 2012). "Boys and Girls Club on Pine Ridge celebrates 20th". Rapid City Journal. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
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