Monday, July 13, 2015

Identify native participation in this article.

1.   Identify the athletes.

  Six Nations athletes, Carrie-Leigh Thomas, Cher Obediah and Santee Smith， Thomas will be playing for Team Canada in Softball, boxer Cher Obediah is hoping for a spot on the Canadian National boxing team as the reigning Bronze medalist, and dancer and choreographer Smith will be performing during the games.

2. Identify the six Nations involved.

  There will also be a strong Onkwehonwe participation during the event’s opening and closing ceremonies where the Haudenosaunee Creation Story will be told in dance and song.

A Tom Longboat-commissioned work will be unveiled in Toronto to honour what many believe to be the greatest runner of all time. Following the Games, it will be returned to Six Nations for permanent display.

Carrie Leigh Thomas, Cher Obediah and dancer/choreographer Santee Smith also spoke of their involvement in the Games and what it means to be representing their community.

Several booths were set up around the perimeter of the Community Hall with more information about the games and the Six Nations Community’s involvement.

                         

3. Identify job and business opportunities.

The Games open lots of other opportunities for Six Nations to promote itself and will create jobs and volunteer work to get involved in at the games, as well.

“It’s a really good opportunity to showcase our community,” said Elected Chief Hill.

She explained that during the Games, other Six Nations events would be promoted as well, including the annual Champion of Champions Pow wow, which falls in the middle of the Games. The Planet Indigenous International Festival will also be happening during the games, and the Woodland Cultural Museum will be hosting some of those events.

The Aboriginal Leadership Partners Pavilion at the Games will showcase a number of Six Nations performers and artists. Some 300,000 individuals will compete in 26 Pan-Am sports and 13 Para-Pan-Am sports. In all, 16 municipalities will be involved, plus the Six Nations community.

Some Six Nations families have already benefited from the Pan-Am Games.

“The building and renovations of venues for various sports brought work to many Six Nations Iron Workers and others,” Kevin Sandy added. “We had four gangs from here working on the new soccer stadium in Hamilton and the Milton Velodrome.”

Another Six Nation business – Willie’s World – also won a $250,000 contract.