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This is a list of American sportspeople of Native American ancestry.

American & Canadian football

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Oorang Indians players

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Cherokee
Chippewa
Mission
Mohawk
Mohican
Pomo
Sac and Fox
Winnebago
Wyandotte

Athletics

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  • Frank Pierce, first Native American to represent the United States at the Olympics in 1904
  • Ellison "Tarzan" Brown, Narragansett U.S. Olympian/marathon runner
  • Wilson Charles, competed in the decathlon at the 1932 Olympics.[22]
  • Robert Brevelle, Represented U.S. and placed 4th at the 1994 World Karate Championships, 3rd Place at US Karate Nationals, gold medalist and Louisiana State Champion TaeKwonDo 1992.
  • Ashton Locklear, artistic gymnast of Lumbee tribe, 2014 world champion (team), 2 x 2014 Pan American Champion (team, uneven bars), 2 x 2016 Pacific Rim Champion (team, uneven bars)
  • Billy Mills, Oglala Lakota 1964 gold medalist
  • Jim Thorpe, gold medalist in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics[23]

Baseball

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Ice hockey

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Basketball

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Boxing

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Cycling

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Golf

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Ice skating

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  • Naomi Lang, first Native American woman to compete in the Winter Olympic Games in 2002[52]

Soccer

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Table tennis

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  • Angelita Rosal, table tennis player and first woman inducted in the Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973[56]

Professional wrestling

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