Team P.E.I. gets energetic sendoff to North American Indigenous Games
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Team P.E.I.'s journey to the North American Indigenous Games was off to an electrifying start after an opening ceremony held at Summerside's Credit Union Place Wednesday evening.
Athletes, coaches and parents and guardians celebrated the Island's representatives and their accomplishments in sports so far at the ceremony.
Lynn Anne Hogan, chef de mission for Team P.E.I., said the Games are about more than just athletics.
"While we are there to compete and show our athletic abilities, it's an opportunity to share cultures," Hogan said.
The Indigenous Games will take place in multiple venues across Nova Scotia from July 15-23. Halifax, Dartmouth and Millbrook First Nation will host over 5,000 athletes from nearly 760 different Indigenous communities.
This year, P.E.I. will send its largest delegation yet. Forty-seven people including 32 Indigenous athletes, coaches, sports managers and mission staff will go to the Games.
Hogan said she's excited for the athletes to have this experience.
"Our athletes will be loud and proud to show the world what Mi'kma'ki is all about," she said.
"This will be an opportunity of a lifetime for our athletes, and I just want them to be proud of themselves, of representing their communities and all of the hard work they've done."
Participants at the Games will take part in 16 different sports. P.E.I. athletes will compete in five: athletics, badminton, swimming, wrestling and 3D archery.
Kennah Brant is an athlete competing in track and field. She said she's thrilled to be participating.
"It's a big honour, especially knowing that little kids might be looking up to us and that they're going to have this opportunity in a few years as well," she said.
"I'm really excited just to make everybody on the Island proud."
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