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Basketball, Water and the Lost City of Elbowoods

The story of the lost city of Elbowoods is one of loss, redemption, and recovery.

Aired 05/20/2019

Basketball, Water and the Lost City of Elbowoods

Basketball, Water and the Lost City of Elbowoods

Special | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

The story of the lost city of Elbowoods is one of loss, redemption, and recovery.

The 1942 Elbowoods High School basketball team made it to the North Dakota State Class “B” championship game. But they lost in a bizarre twist that results in a 60-year effort to right a wrong. “Basketball, Water and the Lost City of Elbowoods” relives the excitement of that basketball season. It also examines the fate of the team’s hometown on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.

Aired 05/20/2019

Basketball, Water and the Lost City of Elbowoods is a local public television program presented by Prairie Public

Funding made possible by, The Three Affiliated Tribes: Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations, and by the members of Prairie Public.

Basketball, Water and the Lost City of Elbowoods

Basketball, Water and the Lost City of Elbowoods

Special | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

The 1942 Elbowoods High School basketball team made it to the North Dakota State Class “B” championship game. But they lost in a bizarre twist that results in a 60-year effort to right a wrong. “Basketball, Water and the Lost City of Elbowoods” relives the excitement of that basketball season. It also examines the fate of the team’s hometown on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.

Aired 05/20/2019

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Basketball, Water and the Lost City of Elbowoods is a local public television program presented by Prairie Public

Funding made possible by, The Three Affiliated Tribes: Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations, and by the members of Prairie Public.

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