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Indigenous Olympian

Kenneth Moore, Peepeekisis Cree Nation, was a member of the Canadian hockey team that won a gold medal at the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. He is believed to be the first Indigenous person to represent Canada in the Winter Olympics and the first to win gold, but he has not gotten national recognition. He died in 1981. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Moore Rattray)
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Indigenous Olympian gets new look for Canada Hall of Fame

By Miles MorrisseauFeb 18, 2022
Kenneth Moore, Peepeekisis Cree Nation, front row, second from left, is believed to be the first Indigenous person to represent Canada in the Winter Olympics and the first to win gold, but he has not gotten national recognition. Moore was a member of the Canadian hockey team, shown here, that won a gold medal at the 1932 games in Lake Placid, New York. He died in 1981 after a long career in Canadian hockey. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Moore Rattray)
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Canada’s Forgotten Olympian: Kenneth Moore

By Miles MorrisseauFeb 15, 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