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THE GOOD OF A GAME: Toli team travels to Indian reservation (w/video)

In the wee hours of a still Mississippi night, a dozen silhouettes warm themselves around a glowing bonfire. But the starry calm is deceiving, as a playful banter rises with the thick smoke, drowning out the crackling of the logs. Choctaw Indians and University students are exchanging gibes in preparation for tomorrow’s Kapucha Toli game.

SOUNDSLIDE: Toli with the Choctaws

Staff photographers Danielle Moore and Lesley Onstott went with the University Toli team to Mississippi as it prepared for a game against the Choctaw Indians at the Conehatta reservation.