Many of the teams participating in badminton this week at the North American Indigenous Games had never met before arriving in Toronto.
But that’s not the case for cousins Davidee Kudluarok and Mike Kavik, the 16U males double team from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut.
Against the wall, “Team Toba” stood tall when it mattered most, on Thursday. Being tied with Team Wisconsin in the same pool, Manitoba battled it out with them, as a win confirms a chance for a “better” matchup moving forward in the tournament. And they did just that, as Manitoba took the game in three […]
Sam Tourtilott is pitching and catching for Team Wisconsin at the 2017 North American Indigenous Games, and he plays an important part in their road to the gold medal game.
Gregory Elijah-Brown’s explosive first period game Team Ontario a lead it never surrendered on the way to a gold medal in the U16 lacrosse gold at the North American Indigenous Games on Thursday.
Lacrosse player Bryson Knockwood grew up in Indian Brook, a Mi’kmaq First Nation community in Hants County, N.S., where he was known by his peers for a positive attitude and outgoing personality.
Victor Bird realized that Wednesday’s under-19 basketball match versus Manitoba might have been his last at the North American Indigenous Games.
Athletes often cite experience playing with each other as an answer to why they’re able to work so well together.
Hockey players, for instance, often make blind passes, made possible by a sixth sense of just knowing where their teammate will be at any given time.
Point guard Jessica Parker was the key to British Columbia’s U16 women’s comprehensive semifinal win over Alberta.
The North American Indigenous Games is an event that subscribes to sportsmanship, community and personal growth, but as the Under-19 lacrosse team from Nova Scotia learned, winning can be fun, too.
On the morning of her first major competition, Hannah Morningstar was struggling just to think. It was at the 2014 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in Regina, Sask., and the then 13-year-old was trying to find a way to throw her javelin as best as she could. “On that day, I woke up feeling extremely […]