Nais-MYTH: Basketball's Stolen Legacy

16/09/2025

From a root cellar in Herkimer to arenas around the globe, basketball’s journey started right here. 🏀 The Herkimer 9 Foundation is working every day to honor that legacy while building a vibrant future for our community.

On September 19, during Mohawk Valley Gives Day, you’ll have the chance to be part of this story, and this year your gift goes even further. Thanks to UpMobility, every online donation will be tripled with a 2:1 match, up to $25,000! 🚀

✨ Your support helps fund historical preservation, exhibits, films, and archives sharing Herkimer’s basketball story as well as youth programs & education including camps, lectures, and school partnerships.

Together, we can preserve history, inspire pride, and create opportunities for generations to come: https://www.givemv.org/organizations/herkimer-9-foundation-inc

15/09/2025

For too long, the story of basketball’s origins has overlooked Herkimer and Lambert Will. The Herkimer 9 Foundation exists to change that, by preserving our heritage, restoring our community, and sharing the truth with the world.

On September 19, during Mohawk Valley Gives Day, you have the power to help us reclaim this legacy. And this year, your gift goes even further: thanks to UpMobility, all online donations will be tripled with a 2:1 match, up to $25,000! 🚀

Together, we’ll ensure that Herkimer’s role in history is recognized and remembered. 🏀🌟 Join us in giving back to the place where basketball began.

💙🤝https://www.givemv.org/organizations/herkimer-9-foundation-inc

10/09/2025

23/08/2025

🚨 IT ALL STARTS TOMORROW 🚨

The Herkimer Originals Open Tryouts are here, and we need EVERYONE to show up and show out 🏀🔥

This is your shot to prove you belong on the court with the OGs. Whether you’re dropping dimes, knocking down threes, locking up on defense, or dominating the paint — tomorrow’s the day to put it all on the line 💪

📅 Date: Sunday, August 24th
⏰ Time: 3–5 PM
📍 Location: Borza’s, Westmoreland, NY
💵 Cost: $50

No excuses. No holding back. Your chance to become an Original starts tomorrow🔥🔥

08/08/2025

24/07/2025

I was awarded the opportunity to document this experience for the OGs.Here are some behind the scenes highlights and moments of our week leading up to saturd...

24/06/2025

21/06/2025

Stryker-Indigo New York announces the release of the Second Edition of the ground-breaking book, Nais-Myth: Basketball's Stolen Legacy, written by American-Canadian historians George and Darril Fosty and Brion Carroll.

https://cardbiz.ca/second-edition-of-naismyth-basketballs-stolen-legacy-on-sale-now-p877-168.htm

21/06/2025

Additional documents pertaining to early Herkimer basketball were discovered this week during a search of the Herkimer Historical Society. See link for story.

https://cardbiz.ca/early-herkimer-basketball-documents-discovered-p876-178.htm

17/06/2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/nyregion/basketball-herkimer-ny.html

The official story is that Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield, Mass., in 1891. But what about the teenager tossing cabbages in upstate New York a year earlier?