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Nov. 14, 2002 -- No. 627

UNC cancels American Indian stickball game due to predictions of inclement weather

CHAPEL HILL -- An American Indian stickball exhibition game that had been scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 16) has been cancelled, due to expectations of inclement weather for that day.

The event will be rescheduled in the spring, said Dr. Brett Riggs, research archaeologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research Laboratories of Archaeology.

The game was scheduled as part of UNC’s observance of American Indian Heritage Month.

This new information is an update to UNC News Services’ release number 624, issued on Nov. 13.

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