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Canada's Jamie Lee Rattray (47), Métis Nation, reacts after defeating the United States in the women's gold medal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The game was held Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing (late Wednesday, Feb. 16 in the United States.) Rattray was one of three Indigenous women playing in the gold medal game, joining fellow Canadian Jocelyne Larocque, Métis Nation, and American Abby Roque, Ojibway from Wahnapitae First Nation who grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Canada won 3-2 to reclaim the gold medal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Indigenous women stand out in gold medal hockey game

By Miles MorrisseauFeb 17, 2022
Canadian women's hockey player Jocelyne Larocque, Métis, battles for the puck with U.S. player Kendall Coyne Schofield in the Women's World Championship of Hockey in Calgary Alberta, on  Aug. 13, 2021.  Canada won the gold medal 3-2 in overtime. (Photo by Matthew Murnaghan, courtesy of Hockey Canada Images)
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Indigenous women to play for Olympic gold

By The Associated PressFeb 14, 2022
Canada forward Jamie Lee Rattray (47), Métis Nation, scores the third goal on United States goalkeeper Maddie Rooney (35) as teammate Kelly Pannek (12) looks on during second period women's ice hockey action at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Indigenous hockey clash in Olympic matchup

By Miles MorrisseauFeb 8, 2022
The Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, open Feb. 4, 2022, and run through Feb. 20, 2022. (International Olympics Committee)
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Emboldened China opens Olympics, with lockdown and boycotts

By Associated PressFeb 4, 2022
Olympic Rings on the Tower Bridge in London for the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Photo by Dave Catchpole, Creative Commons)
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Virus infections for Olympic athletes, coaches rising faster

By Associated PressFeb 1, 2022
Snowboarder Liam Gill of the Liidlii Kue First Nation in the Northwest Territories learned at the last minute he will be competing in the halfpipe for Team Canada in the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Gill was added to Canada's roster just a few days before the team left for Beijing after snowboarder Derek Livingston sustained a lower-body injury in a training run and was unable to participate. (Photo courtesy of Canada Snowboard)
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Flying High: Dene snowboarder added to Canada’s Olympics roster

By Miles MorrisseauFeb 1, 2022
Canadian hockey player Jocelyne Larocque, Métis, shown here with her gold and silver medals from the 2014 and 2018 Olympics, will be going for the gold this year at the Beijing games starting Feb. 4, 2022. Larocque is one of three Indigenous women playing for the U.S. and Canada. Larocque and another First Nation player, Jamie Lee Rattray, also Métis, will face athlete Abby Roque, Ojibway from Wahnapitae First Nation, who is a member of the U.S. team. (Photo by Candice Ward, courtesy of Hockey Canada Images)
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Winter Olympics feature three Indigenous women

By Miles MorrisseauJan 31, 2022
People get tested for COVID-19 at a drive through testing site hosted by the Puente Movement migrant justice organization Saturday, June 20, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Beijing district orders mass virus testing ahead of Olympics

By Associated PressJan 23, 2022