Rhonda Lee McIsaac — This past summer was a busy time for Haida Gwaii basketball players. The Islands sent three youth to the North American Indigenous Games in Toronto on both, girls and boys, Team BC. Girls’ basketball team Under 14 members, Zoey Collinson, Stacey Edinger, and Alexia Sampson all Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — With only a peach basket and a set of rules, the game of basketball caught on like wildfire. Developed by Ontarian Dr. James Naismith in the United States in 1981, basketball has deep Canadian roots. Women’s basketball developed alongside men’s basketball. And this year at the Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — Jay Liotta, fresh from a day spent with family, sat down to talk basketball and about returning to a country that has embraced their team like no other place. Last year’s final game saw the Lords of the Plains team lose 98 to 91 in the Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — First-time contenders bring their ancient Māori spirits to the hardwood at the 2017 World Indigenous Basketball Challenge. The team may also intimidate their fellow teams with the haka; a traditional war dance which was also used in peace times to show unity, pride, and strength of Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — Team Bantu, Zambia returns to the territory of the Musqueam First Nation, upon which the University of British Columbia (UBC) stands. They are excited to play against other indigenous teams from North America and international teams in the 2017 World Indigenous Basketball Challenge. All are in Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — Serranos Zapotecos, Mixes and Chinantecos are coming down to sea level. The team comes from Guelatao, a village in the Sierra Madre mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, where basketball is a way of life and where champions are born, raised, praised, and remembered by fans of Read more…
By Rhonda Lee McIsaac — Coach Vanessa Belcourt stands anxiously on the sidelines of the basketball court watching her team throwing the ball to each other in the warm-up to their second game at the 2017 Junior All Native Tournament and reflects back on their journey to get to Kelowna. Read more…
by Rhonda McIsaac — “Welcome to our Salmon trail. Welcome to our trails across this land, to our place,” sang the High Water Singers, welcoming 61 teams to the annual 17-and-under Junior All Native Basketball Tournament in Kelowna, Sunday night. The emcee welcomed the standing room only crowd and greeted Read more…
The Collinson family are no strangers to the basketball court. Their athletic builds, high spirits and their keen interest make them quintessential sports enthusiasts. Natasha Collinson played basketball in her youth and is now coaching and assisting the Skidegate Saints Jr. Girls team in their drive towards the championships at Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — From the first tip off to the last handshake, the hard work and sweat paid off for the 16 basketball teams whose passion made the inaugural HaiCo World Indigenous Basketball Challenge,. Twenty-six games were played during the hot sunny days of August 10-13 at the Simon Read more…