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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