Jana Mcleod This article is in Xaad Kíl. With the easing of provincial restrictions, sports tournaments are back on and basketball fever has hit Haida Gwaii! The Junior All Native Basketball Tournament (JANT) is already under way, and many are preparing for the All-Native Basketball Tournament next month. The JANT Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac Gaad Skaak’adang basketball and clan competition were all the rage and it was done with respect, solid sportsmanship, and active volunteerism at the 20th Annual Clan Tournament, January 8-11. The tournament has long been a way to build positive relationships, promote community, and help all Saints basketball Read more…
Skil Jaadee White For more than six decades, basketball has played a huge part in our experience as Haida. If you don’t play the sport yourself, you surely have family and friends who play in the annual All Native Basketball Tournament. Every winter, excitement builds as the Haida Nation prepares Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac The Skidegate Saints hosted Pacific Unity U23 Summer Series from July 31 to August 4. They used connections made at the World Indigenous Basketball Tournament to invite teams from Gitxsan Nation, Pioneers Aboriginal Basketball Club of Western Australia, and Maori Te Tai Tokerau Maori Men’s Team from Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac There is a real Pacific storm brewing under those new LED lights at the George Brown Rec Centre! Between the ref whistles, the ball-wrestling in key, the players yelling for the pass, and the crowd screaming for stronger defense, it may also be the noisiest place to Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac The sound of dribbling basketballs echo over the new wooden floors as cheering fans lined the edge of the court filled the wooden bleachers at the Opening Ceremonies for the Pacific Unity U22 Summer Series. The U22 basketball players from the IATE Tonga, Maori, Gitxsan and the Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac As a visible sign of respect and the transfer of responsibility, a basketball designed with Northwest Coast art has been passed from 2017’s host nation to 2018’s host nation for this year’s Junior All Native Basketball Tournament (JANT). Over 1200 athletes and 200 coaching staff converged on Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — From the first jump to final free-throw the eight basketball teams registered for the Annual Clan Tournament did more than ‘practice and play’ against each other over the three-day event. The tournament brought Gaaw and HlGaagilda together in fierce competition, conscious comradery, and community pride! As Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — “I am happy to accept this,” said Arnie Bellis, about being named to the All Native Basketball Tournament Hall of Fame for coaching. Bellis coached for thirty years, not just in Gaaw but also in Hydaburg and HlGaagilda. “I had the Haida Nation Team,” he said Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — The All Native Basketball Tournament Committee has picked the 2017 Hall of Famers. The committee will be honouring four players and one coach. Players Tracy Cochrane (Prince Rupert) and Deanna Smith Gray (Haisla) from the Women’s Division, and Ellis Ross (Haisla) with team mate Wes Nyce Read more…