When the North American Indigenous Games were just an idea in the 1970s, the well-being of Indigenous youth was top of mind for the founders.
Willie Littlechild, Charles Wood and John Fletcher were forced to attend residential schools and used sports as a way to escape the hardships they faced.
“It provided them with a platform to show another side of them that other people didn’t often see,” Janice Forsyth told CBC Radio’s Information Morning Nova Scotia on Monday.
“It’s not to say that they weren’t subject to stereotypes, because they certainly were, but it was a positive space where they could excel and show their own potential.”
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