This timeline celebrates the growth in Indigenous sport participation throughout Saskatchewan.
It highlights the success of multi-sport events like the Tony Cote Summer/Winter Games and the North American Indigenous Games, the development of programs and initiatives like the Dream Brokers and the accomplishments of local sport leaders, including standout athlete and coach Jacqueline Lavallee.
The Truth and Reconciliation Acts 92 Calls to Action
Calls To Action Related to Sports
10. We call on the federal government to draft new Aboriginal education legislation with the full participation and informed consent of Aboriginal peoples. The new legislation would include a commitment to sufficient funding and would incorporate the following principles:
Providing sufficient funding to close identified educational achievement gaps within one generation.
Improving education attainment levels and success rates.
Developing culturally appropriate curricula.
Protecting the right to Aboriginal languages, including the teaching of Aboriginal languages as credit courses.
Enabling parental and community responsibility, control, and accountability, similar to what parents enjoy in public school systems.
Enabling parents to fully participate in the education of their children.
Respecting and honouring Treaty relationships.
57. We call upon federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments to provide education to public servants on the history of Aboriginal peoples, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal–Crown relations. This will require skills-based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.
87. We call upon all levels of government, in collaboration with Aboriginal peoples, sports halls of fame, and other relevant organizations, to provide public education that tells the national story of Aboriginal athletes in history.
88. We call upon all levels of government to take action to ensure long-term Aboriginal athlete development and growth, and continued support for the North American Indigenous Games, including funding to host the games and for provincial and territorial team preparation and travel.
89. We call upon the federal government to amend the Physical Activity and Sport Act to support reconciliation by ensuring that policies to promote physical activity as a fundamental element of health and well-being, reduce barriers to sports participation, increase the pursuit of excellence in sport and build capacity in Canadian sport system, are inclusive of Aboriginal peoples.
90. We call upon the federal government to ensure that national sports policies, programs and initiatives are inclusive of Aboriginal peoples, including, but not limited to, establishing:
In collaboration with provincial and territorial governments, stable funding for, and access to, community sports programs that reflect the diverse cultures and traditional sporting activities of Aboriginal peoples.
An elite athlete development program for Aboriginal athletes
Programs for coaches, trainers and sports officials that are culturally relevant for Aboriginal peoples.
Anti-racism awareness and training programs.
91. We call upon the officials and host countries of international sporting events such as the Olympics, Pan Am and Commonwealth games to ensure that Indigenous peoples’ territorial protocols are respected, and local Indigenous communities are engaged in all aspects of planning and participating in such events.
