SuAnne Big Crow
| SuAnne Big Crow | |
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| Born | March 15, 1974 Pine Ridge, South Dakota |
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| 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]
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