Feature Story: Hockey helped Fred Sasakamoose - and now he's reaching out to youth

Fred Sasakamoose, the first Aboriginal player in the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1950s, hopes that hockey can help young people the way it helped him. When Sasakamoose, a well-respected Cree Elder, heard that four young people caused almost $100,000 in damage by vandalizing part of the Ah...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: External Relations, University of Regina
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: External Relations, University of Regina 2016
Subjects:
National Hockey League
Fred Sasakamoose
Chicago Blackhawks
Cree Elder
Fred Sasakamoose Aboriginal Youth Leadership and Wellness Program
Health Advocacy and Research Training
First Nations
Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation
Poundmaker Cree Nation
Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre
Tishema Tootoosis
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10294/7144
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Summary:Fred Sasakamoose, the first Aboriginal player in the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1950s, hopes that hockey can help young people the way it helped him. When Sasakamoose, a well-respected Cree Elder, heard that four young people caused almost $100,000 in damage by vandalizing part of the Ahtakakoop Cree Nation, he thought they should be helped instead of punished. Staff no

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