Battle of the Nations basketball

Battle of the Nations Native basketball tournament games run all day Friday.

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Fri., April 4, 2025

Comanche’s Lord of the Plains Dakari Middleton, center, passes during the battle of the Nations Native basketball tournament at the HUB Sports Center on Friday.

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Oneida's #15 Aram Johnson goes for a shot during the battle of the Nations Native basketball tournament at The HUB Sports Center on Friday, April 4, 2025.

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Comanche's Lord of the Plains #5 Tevin Foster drives against Oneida during the battle of the Nations Native basketball tournament at The HUB Sports Center on Friday, April 4, 2025.

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Comanche's Lord of the Plains #24 Dakari Middleton takes a shot against Oneida during the battle of the Nations Native basketball tournament at The HUB Sports Center on Friday, April 4, 2025.

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Comanche's Lord of the Plains #8 Danquez Dawsey drives against Oneida's Aram Johnson during the battle of the Nations Native basketball tournament at The HUB Sports Center on Friday, April 4, 2025.

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Daniel Fryberg, 10 of Taholah, Washington sells smoked salmon during the battle of the Nations Native basketball tournament at The HUB Sports Center on Friday, April 4, 2025.

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Comanche's Lord of the Plains #3 Craig Foster takes a shot against Oneida during the battle of the Nations Native basketball tournament at The HUB Sports Center on Friday, April 4, 2025.

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Comanche's Lord of the Plains coach Jay Liotta wears Battle of the Nations bead work during the battle of the Nations Native basketball tournament at The HUB Sports Center on Friday, April 4, 2025.

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The crowd watches the action during the battle of the Nations Native basketball tournament at The HUB Sports Center on Friday, April 4, 2025.

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Adiya Jones-Smith, center, of the Tulalip Elite team, looks to pass out of the triple-team defense of the SInixt tribe’s Shooters Only Club team in the women’s division of the Battle of the Nations basketball tournament on Friday at the Warehouse. The three-day tournament brings together dozens of teams from tribes around the country.

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Mikail Montez (20) of the Tulalip Elite team high fives her teammates after they beat the SInixt tribe’s Shooters Only Club team in the women’s division of the Battle of the Nations basketball tournament at the Warehouse Friday, April 4, 2025 in Spokane, Washington. The three day tournament brings together dozens fo teams from tribes around the country.

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The Tulalip Elite team tangles with the Sinixt tribe's Shooters Only Club team in the women's division of the Battle of the Nations basketball tournament at the Warehouse Friday, April 4, 2025 in Spokane, Washington. The three day tournament brings together dozens fo teams from tribes around the country.

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Fans of the Ocean Hunters team from the Makah Tribe, watch their ladies play against a women's team from Toppenish Friday, April 4, 2025 in The Warehouse gym in Spokane, Washington, which is hosting the Battle of Nations basketball tournament this weekend.

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