General Resources
The Hall of Famers’ shared in the Indigenous Sport Heroes Education Experience reference specific events and achievements. The links provided below offer further information to aid in-class discussions and facilitate further research interests.
It should be noted that the links provided are not an exhaustive list and that some of the language is neither reflective of terminology used by Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame nor Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
Phyllis Bomberry
The Canadian Encyclopedia – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/phyllis-bomberry
Paralympic Games – https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/olympics/background
Colette Bourgonje
Alex Decoteau
1917 Battle of Passchendaele – https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/battles-and-stages/battle-of-passchendaele
Alex Decoteau Remembrance Run, Walk or Wheel – https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/information-for/educators/learning-modules/passchendaele/run-to-remember/alex-decoteau-run
The Canadian Encyclopedia – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/alex-decoteau
Notable Indigenous Long-Distance Runners in Canada – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/notable-indigenous-long-distance-runners
Sharon Anne & Shirley Anne Firth
Canada at the Olympic Winter Games – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/winter-olympic-games
The Canadian Encyclopedia – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shirley-and-sharon-firth
Waneek Horn-Miller
The Canadian Encyclopedia – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/waneek-horn-miller
Oka Crisis – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/oka-crisis
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls –https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/mandate/
Pan Am Games – https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/panam/sports/whats-the-story-pan-am-games
Bill Isaacs
Joseph Benjamin Keeper
Battle of Cambrai in 1917 – https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/battle-honours-honorary-distinctions/cambrai-1917.html
107th Timber Wolf Battalion – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/107th-timber-wolf-battalion
Norway House Cree Nation – https://nhcn.ca/
Chief Wilton Littlechild
The Canadian Encycolpedia – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wilton-littlechild
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada – https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1450124405592/1529106060525
Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada – https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/declaration/index.html
Tom Longboat
The Canadian Encycolpedia – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tom-longboat
Heritage Minutes – https://www.historicacanada.ca/productions/minutes/tom-longboat
Notable Indigenous Long-Distance Runners in Canada – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/notable-indigenous-long-distance-runners
Notable Indigenous Olympians in Canada – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/indigenous-olympians
Boston Marathon – https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon
Tom Longboat – http://www.tomlongboat.ca/history.html
Harry Manson
Snuneymuxw First Nation – https://www.snuneymuxw.ca/
Soccer – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/soccer
Alwyn Morris
The Canadian Encycolpedia – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/alwyn-morris
General Overview – https://indigenousheroes.ca/alwyn-morris/
Olympic Education – https://olympic.ca/education/
Canada at the Olympic Summer Games – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/summer-olympic-games
Gaylord Powless
The Canadian Encycolpedia – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gaylord-powless
Lacrosse – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lacrosse
Ross Powless
Six Nations of the Grand River –https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/six-nations-of-the-grand-river
Six Nations of the Grand River – https://www.sixnations.ca/
Bryan Trottier
The Canadian Encycolpedia –https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bryan-trottier
The Stanley Cup – https://www.hhof.com/thecollection/stanleycup.html
The Tom Longboat Award & Tom Longboat Award Recipients
The Canadian Encycolpedia – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tom-longboat
Heritage Minutes – https://www.historicacanada.ca/productions/minutes/tom-longboat
Notable Indigenous Long-Distance Runners in Canada – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/notable-indigenous-long-distance-runners
Notable Indigenous Olympians in Canada – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/indigenous-olympians
Tom Longboat Awards – https://www.aboriginalsportcircle.ca/tom-longboat-awards
Tom Longboat Nomination Form – https://www.aboriginalsportcircle.ca/wcm-docs/docs/news/tla_nomination_form_en_-_2023.pdf
Indigenous Games
Arctic Winter Games – https://www.arcticwintergames.org/
North American Indigenous Games – http://www.naigcouncil.com/
North American Indigenous Games (The Canadian Encycolpedia) – https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/north-american-indigenous-games
World Indigenous Games – ‘We have so much to offer’: World Indigenous Games comes to Alberta this summer – https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wilton-littlechild-world-indigenous-games-enoch-1.4071938
Additional Resources
Order of Canada – https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/canadian-honours/order-canada
Order of Sport – https://www.sportshall.ca/order-of-sport.html?lang=EN