Lacrosse, the game the Iroquois believe was given to them by the Creator, is Canada’s oldest organized sport, dating back hundreds of years before Canada even existed as a country. From the beginning, lacrosse was considered more than just a game, as First Nations...
Very few individuals can say that the sport they participate in represents a significant part of their family history and heritage unless you are Ross Powless. The Powless family of the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario has...
Chief Wilton Littlechild, from the Ermineskin Cree Nation in Alberta, overcame the adversity of residential schools through sports, leading to academic and athletic success at the University of Alberta. He became the first Treaty Indian in Alberta to earn a law degree...
This is the story of Xulsi’malt, known to the world as Harry Manson, a name that would forever echo in the annals of sports history. A member of the Snuneymuxw First Nation, Harry’s journey from the natural beauty of his homeland to the rugged soccer fields of...
In Canada, in the sport of water polo, one name stands above the rest, Waneek Horn-Miller. She is a strong and proud Bear Clan woman from the Mohawk Nation of Kahnawake close to Montreal. Mohawk people have a rich vibrant culture and history based on honour, trust,...
Nestled near Grasslands National Park in southwest Saskatchewan is the village of Val Marie. This spectacular countryside boasts prehistoric badlands, lush coulees, rolling ranch land and broad river valleys which sweep to distant horizons. This little town is not...
