1	00:00:01:00	00:00:05:05	[drumming]
2	00:00:05:07	00:00:08:18	>> I started playing ball
when I was eight years old.
3	00:00:08:20	00:00:11:17	I just had
a really good passion
4	00:00:11:19	00:00:13:23	to play basketball
for Oneida Nation.
5	00:00:13:25	00:00:17:18	Basketball is my life,
and so is the culture.
6	00:00:17:20	00:00:19:21	My name
is Jessica House.
7	00:00:19:23	00:00:23:27	I am a senior, and I play
for the Lady Thunderhawks.
8	00:00:27:02	00:00:30:15	To be a Lady Thunderhawk,
you have to learn discipline.
9	00:00:30:17	00:00:33:01	I mean,
you're role models.
10	00:00:33:03	00:00:35:16	You've got to think
about how you're acting
11	00:00:35:18	00:00:37:16	out in public.
12	00:00:40:13	00:00:42:11	[singing and drumming]
13	00:00:42:13	00:00:44:13	In order to play basketball
at Oneida
14	00:00:44:15	00:00:46:27	you have to
be in the culture.
15	00:00:46:29	00:00:48:27	You have to participate.
16	00:00:48:29	00:00:52:14	Not a lot of girls were
raised into it, where I was.
17	00:00:52:16	00:00:55:00	But they are starting
to find their ways now.
18	00:00:55:02	00:00:57:18	Some of them even
come to Long House now.
19	00:00:57:20	00:01:01:08	[singing and drumming]
20	00:01:03:15	00:01:06:10	It's important
because I think
21	00:01:06:12	00:01:08:11	it helps know
who they really are.
22	00:01:08:13	00:01:10:28	Sometimes you get so caught up in the other world.
23	00:01:13:28	00:01:17:00	There's other girls,
like me and Tasha
24	00:01:17:02	00:01:20:06	we take separate classes
out of school
25	00:01:20:08	00:01:22:14	for an actual
language class.
26	00:01:22:16	00:01:24:14	Our teacher,
when he was younger,
27	00:01:24:16	00:01:27:19	there was more of the elders around that spoke the language
28	00:01:27:21	00:01:29:19	whereas now
we don't really hear it.
29	00:01:29:21	00:01:31:24	[speaking the Native language]
30	00:01:31:26	00:01:33:25	>> Have you learned,
have you learned it?
31	00:01:36:23	00:01:40:13	>> He teaches us words to say every time we go for a huddle.
32	00:01:40:15	00:01:42:18	[all cheering]
33	00:01:42:20	00:01:44:27	>> Whoo!
34	00:01:49:28	00:01:53:17	[all cheering]
Yay!
35	00:01:55:13	00:01:58:22	>> We have 11 girls
on the Thunderhawks.
36	00:02:00:10	00:02:02:08	I am captain.
37	00:02:02:10	00:02:04:10	I'm also
the point guard
38	00:02:04:12	00:02:07:03	so I'm expected
to keep the game going
39	00:02:07:05	00:02:09:03	keep everyone
under control.
40	00:02:09:05	00:02:11:18	Keep myself
under control!
41	00:02:27:12	00:02:31:19	Before, we had hardly any people in the stands.
42	00:02:31:21	00:02:34:19	My sophomore year,
the fans started to fill in.
43	00:02:35:21	00:02:37:19	My parents
only missed one game
44	00:02:37:21	00:02:39:22	out of the three years
I've been at Oneida.
45	00:02:39:24	00:02:42:11	I think it's really cool
46	00:02:42:13	00:02:45:20	when all the parents are there supporting their daughters.
47	00:02:45:22	00:02:48:13	It gives us our energy.
48	00:02:59:28	00:03:03:15	I don't know
how the other girls see it
49	00:03:03:17	00:03:06:08	but there's no better feeling than when you play basketball.