Eli Hickman

Eli Hickman

Storyteller

Choctaw/Navajo

Eli Hickman, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Navajo, is an artist, photographer and activist based in Dallas. Eli Hickman founded DFW Kabutcha Toli back in 2018 to find other people to play stickball with when he first picked up the sport. Stickball is a Native American sport, and the progenitor to lacrosse. Four years later, the club has about 30 members, a mix of older North Texans, men, women and children. He is also a member of Little Brother of War, an organization that hosts stickball demonstrations to educate the public on the history and traditions of the sport, which was almost eliminated from Native communities by the U.S. Government in the 19th century.