In this episode of the History Slam, Sean Graham talks with Professor Janice Forsyth about her new book Reclaiming Tom Longboat: Indigenous Self-Determination in Canadian Sport. They talk about her experience as a winner of the award, the place of role models in sport, and the use of mainstream sports in colonization. They also talk about sport and culture, the media’s role in telling athletes’ stories, and traditional sport and games and their role in decolonization.

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