Tag: Moraviantown
Kyra Joseph has strong start to her college softball career
Moraviantown's Kyra Joseph has a successful opening weekend with the Lambton Lions softball team. Joseph, in her first year at Lambton, was named Lambton College's ... Read More
Book Featuring Local Sport Available For Pre-Order
Chatham-Kent writer Ian Kennedy is set to release his first book this May titled On Account o Darkness: Shining Light on Race and Sport. The ... Read More
In The Name Of Chief Tecumseh’s Legacy
By Ian Kennedy 1877 London Tecumsehs Chief Tecumseh's legacy in this area, and in Indigenous communities across Turtle Island (North America) is cemented. It's one ... Read More
CK’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2020: #8 Indigenous Athletes Shine
In 2020, we made a point to increase our coverage of local Indigenous athletes from Walpole Island and Moraviantown. But our local athletes made it ... Read More
National Indigenous Peoples Day Video – We Are All Indigenous Athletes
Indigenous female athletes Taryn Jacobs, Gabrielle Whiteye, Mattea Deleary, Maddy Lavoie, Samara Whiteye, and Legacie Blackbird talk about what it means to be an Indigenous ... Read More
Two Time Olympian And World Champion Spencer O’Brien Sends Message To Youth From Walpole Island And Moraviantown
Two time Canadian Olympian in snowboarding, and two time slopestyle world champion Spencer O'Brien sends a message to Indigenous youth from Walpole Island First Nation, ... Read More
Mattea Deleary Believes In The Power Of Sport For Indigenous Youth
Mattea Deleary with the Fanshawe FalconsWhen young Indigenous athletes look for role models, they need to look no further than Mattea Deleary. Deleary, who is ... Read More
Fred Saskamoose: Canada’s First Indigenous NHL Player
Fred SaskamooseFred Saskamoose, of Cree decent, grew up on Ahtahkakoop First Nation in Saskatchewan. Now 85-years-old, Saskamoose became the first Indigenous hockey player in Canada ... Read More
Hockey Provided Respite At Residential Schools, But Was Also A Damaging Tool
Boys playing hockey at residential school - Photo from ActiveHistory.ca Residential schools have left behind generations of trauma, and negative impacts on both physical and ... Read More
Hockey Is For Everyone: Indigenous Inclusion
In recent years, the NHL has run a campaign known as "Hockey is for Everyone," looking to bring to light issues in equity and inclusion ... Read More
Meet Debwe: The One Who Speaks The Truth
Debwe, the mascot for the North American Indigenous GamesIn 2017, the North American Indigenous Games welcomed a new mascot to help represent the event, Debwe. ... Read More
Home Game: Rethinking Canada Through Indigenous Hockey
By Sam McKegney (Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, Queen's University, Ontario) and Michael Auksi (Indigenous Research Officer, University of Toronto). “Damn, we got ... Read More
Whiteye On A Journey Of Personal Discovery
Katreena Whiteye takes a faceoff for the Brock University Badgers - Photo by Brock AthleticsKatreena Whiteye comes from Delaware at the Thames First Nation at ... Read More
Remembering Little NHL Founders, Earl Abotossaway and Norman Debassiage
Each year, the Little NHL is a celebration of Indigenous hockey players. Started in 1971, with only 200 players participating, the tournament has grown to ... Read More