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Photos: Action from the Native American Basketball Invitational

July 8, 2014 5:00AM ET

A five-day tournament determines the best high school basketball teams of Indian Nation

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An early-round game at the Native American Basketball Invitation (NABI) in Phoenix, July 3, 2014, pits Gila River, in white, against Northern Reign. The five-day tournament determines the best boys’ and girls’ high school teams in Indian Nation. Mark Henle for Al Jazeera America
Native American Basketball Invitational NABI
Apache Nation player Linwood Bourke dribbles up court in a game against Brotherhood, representing the Winnebago tribe. Mark Henle for Al Jazeera America
Native American Basketball Invitational NABI
James Burrell and his 5-week-old daughter, Jaesey, take in some action during an early round.
Native American Basketball Invitational NABI
Northern Arizona Elite, representing the Navajo tribe, huddles before a game against Cheyenne Arapaho. Mark Henle for Al Jazeera America
Native American Basketball Invitational NABI
Fans fill out their brackets in the lobby of Scottsdale Community College. Mark Henle for Al Jazeera America
Native American Basketball Invitational NABI
Retired NBA star A.C. Green, right, and Miss Indian Arizona Allyssa Garica wait for the start of the NABI Girls Gold Championship game, July 5, 2014. Mark Henle for Al Jazeera America
Native American Basketball Invitational NABI
Players for Ghost Horse Creek, an intertribal team, get ready for their round-of-16 game. Mark Henle for Al Jazeera America
Native American Basketball Invitational NABI
The Rez Runners, an intertribal team, do a walk-through in the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort ballroom, July 5, 2014, before their championship game against Cheyenne Arapaho. Mark Henle for Al Jazeera America
Native American Basketball Invitational NABI
Rez Runners basketball coach Andrew Bowers runs through some final points before the championship game. Mark Henle for Al Jazeera America
Native American Basketball Invitational NABI
Dennis Gonzales and his Rez Runner teammates are introduced at the US Airways Center before the final against Cheyenne Arapaho. Mark Henle for Al Jazeera America
Native American Basketball Invitational NABI
Rez Runner Trewston Pierce goes in for a layup during the championship game. Mark Henle for Al Jazeera America
Native American Basketball Invitational NABI
Theresa Nunez-Frost, the mother of a Rez Runner, question a referee’s call in the final minutes of the semifinal against Many Feathers. Mark Henle for Al Jazeera America
Native American Basketball Invitational NABI
Dennis Gonzales kisses the trophy after the Rez Runners won the NABI Boys Gold Championship game, 66-51. Mark Henle for Al Jazeera America