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Stickball-America’s Oldest Game
Boys and girls, ages 10-13, vie for the ball or "towa," in the Pushmataha Division Finals of the World Series of Stickball, hosted by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Choctaw, Miss. The games are physically competitive contests between communities that historically were used to keep the tribe's warriors in shape for warfare and hunting. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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This is one of the oldest games in North America. You’ve likely never heard of it

JULY 24, 2024

Native Americans Drumming
Mark Erickson, third from left, leads others in singing on the drum during an open drum and dance night at Minneapolis American Indian Center on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

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Safeguarding the heartbeat: Native Americans in Upper Midwest protect their drumming tradition

JULY 23, 2024

The Tourist Olympics
FILE - Passengers in the back of a taxi film themselves as they leave the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Paris. The city itself will be one of the protagonists of the 2024 Olympics. That's why the Eiffel Tower and Seine River are featured just as prominently as Simone Biles or Katie Ledecky in NBC’s ads. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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Athletes are as excited as regular visitors to be tourists in Paris during the Olympic Games

JULY 22, 2024

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A detail of Michelangelo's 16th century statue of David is seen on display at the Accademia gallery, in Florence, central Italy, March 18, 2024. AP PHOTO / ANDREW MEDICHINI

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Italy tries to protect its cultural heritage in fight for David’s image

APRIL 5, 2024

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Freeze frames: Resourceful, creative visuals of old-school ice harvesting

FEB. 15, 2019

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