11 Year Old Chase McKay-Campbell loves his hockey

Chase McKay-Campbell may be like any other 11 year old kid calling Sioux Valley Dakota Nation (SVDN) home and playing the Canadian dream and a chance to reach the professional leagues. According to the SVDN Youth Spotlight website, McKay-Campbell has a “passion … [for] hockey” as he is on the ice “everyday for hours” and “he absolutely loves it”. McKay-Campbell had a great season with the St. James-Assiniboia Minor Hockey Association (SJAMHA) U13 St. James Canucks scoring 4 goals in the semi-finals. His team finished second in the league of nineteen teams. Click here to view Chase’s hockey photo. To move ahead in Canadian hockey, Canadian kids start the long road to the NHL as soon as they can skate and start playing in the U7 (Under 7 years old) or the Mini Mites Division. After that, there are 6 more levels, U9, U11, U13, U15, U18 and U20 where some can move on if selected to the Pro leagues. For your info, there are 26,596 hockey players in Manitoba playing league hockey in one form or another, including the 1 Western Hockey League team in Brandon. The rest are in some other leagues like U7-U21 teams that have 19,377 players, 13 Junior A teams (in towns like Virden, Steinbach, and 2 First Nation communities, OCN and Waywayseecappo Wolverines). Of this total, there are 5,648 Adults and Seniors who participate in league play. In Canada, there are 527,098 hockey players. (See Page 7.) Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action #90 – “Ensure national sports policies and programs and initiatives are inclusive.”

The Winnipeg administrative offices of Circles for Reconciliation are on Treaty 1 territory – the traditional land of the Ininiw (Cree), Anishinábé (Ojibwé), Anisininew (Ojibwé Cree), Dakota and Dene people, as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the Heart of the Métis Homeland. Circles for Reconciliation is an Indigenous-led non-profit corporation, with at least 51 % of our Board of Directors being peoples of First Nation, Inuit, or Métis status. Circles for Reconciliation is a registered charity, registration no. 748256930 RR 0001.
Circles for Reconciliation is grateful for all who have joined the journey to reconciliation on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. We acknowledge that Tkaronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa Bands. As of October 31, 2023, we sadly had to lay off the Toronto Team due to severe lack of funding. Our Winnipeg team will continue to address the waiting registrants or hosts in this area.
Artwork by Eugene Demas. Eugene was well featured in Calgary's Bow Museum and known for his use of pencil crayons.

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Circles for Reconciliation Inc. recognizes that all First Nations, Métis and Inuit people have their own cultural teachings that encompass the morals and values of conduct.On page 30 of “Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future.”, it states that The Seven Sacred Teachings of the Anishinaabe—Respect, Courage, Love, Truth, Humility, Honesty, and Wisdom—served as the themes for the seven National Events, and ceremony and traditional observance played an important part in the National Events. It is recognized that there are many adaptions of the teachings. We encourage each circle to adapt the Seven Sacred Teachings of the Anishinaabe to the needs of their circle.

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LOVE: it is more important to care for one another
HONESTY: better to fail with honesty than succeed by fraud
RESPECT: give it, earn it, receive it
TRUTH: it is always easiest to speak the truth
HUMILITY: to be humble about your accomplishments is to be strong
COURAGE: let nothing stand in the way of doing the right thing
WISDOM: with hard work and dedication will come knowledge

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