Offers profiles of eleven Native American athletes, including baseball players Charley Bender and John Meyers, Jim Thorpe, known as the greatest athlete of the century, track star Billy Mills, and automobile racer Kitty O'Neil.

The American Indian Lives series profiles individuals from various fields of endeavor who have enriched -- and continue to enrich -- both the cultures of their tribes and American culture in general. From precolonial days to the twentieth century, this remarkable series provides well-rounded, fast-paced profiles. Profiles: -- Charley Bender and John Meyers -- Jim Thorpe -- Allie Reynolds -- Billy Mills -- Kitty O'Neil -- Sonny Sixkiller -- Henry Boucha -- Al Waquie -- Ryneldi Becenti and Suanne Big Crow.