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Waneek Horn-Miller (born November 30, 1975) is a Canadian water polo player from the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory. She was a member of the Canadian women's water polo team that won a gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. Horn-Miller also became the first Mohawk woman from Canada to ever compete in the Olympic games.
Mar 29, 2018 · Waneek Horn-Miller, athlete, activist, broadcaster (born 30 November 1975 in Montreal, QC). Horn-Miller, a Mohawk from Kahnawake, Quebec, was co-captain of Canada’s first Olympic women’s water polo team and a gold medallist in water polo at the 1999 Pan American Games.
Sep 18, 2015 · Waneek Horn-Miller, who has competed in the Olympics as part of Canada's water polo team, challenged a law that would forbid her from living in Kahnawake with her non-Indigenous partner ...
Jun 30, 2021 · Learn about Waneek Horn-Miller's journey from the 1990 Oka Crisis to the Sydney 2000 Olympics, where she co-captained Canada's women's water polo team. Discover how she became a sports hall of famer, a torchbearer, a broadcaster and a social change maker for Indigenous communities.
Waneek is an advocate for building indigenous sport and has worked with the Assembly of First Nations to develop their sport, fitness and health strategy. Drawing on her experiences as the former co-captain of Canada's Olympic women's water polo team, Waneek shares her story and teaches how to build self-esteem through a balance of education ...
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Waneek Horn-Miller - Indigenous Sport Heroes Education Experience. by Lucas Duxbury | Dec 20, 2023 | Heroes. In Canada, in the sport of water polo, one name stands above the rest, Waneek Horn-Miller. She is a strong and proud Bear Clan woman from the Mohawk Nation of Kahnawake close to Montreal.
Jun 30, 2020 · During the ensuing altercation, Waneek Horn Miller, a 14 year old Mohawk resident of Kanehsatà:ke, was accidentally bayoneted in the chest. Luckily she survived, but Waneek was just one of the many civilians who came to harm during this conflict.
