Indigenous Games: How Oka Crisis strengthened water polo star's resolve: Only 14 in 1990, Waneek Horn-Miller used sports to overcome a life-changing dispute
Name
Devin Heroux
Type of Resource
mixed material
Abstract
An article detailing Waneek Horn-Miller's personal history with water polo, attending the first NAIG (and subsequent Games after), and her traumatic experience with the Oka Crisis in 1990. It follows her inspirational journey of breaking through her past traumas to become a top Indigenous female water polo star and Olympic gold medalist. Waneek's story is an example of how sport can truly be transformational, and as it says in the article, "Sport [is] medicine".
Genre
Sports
Note
Article has been converted from its original format to PDF
Subject Local Name
--Sport--Culture--Recreation--Indigenous--North American Indigenous Games--Water Polo--Olympics--Resilience--Women--Girls--Indigenous Rights--Inspirational--Empowerment----Oka--Quebec--Canada--Edmonton--Alberta----1990-2020