Status Indian player barred from All Native sports event

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Status Indian player barred from All Native sports event – CBC

by ahnationtalk on February 11, 20161197 Views

Feb 10, 2016

Committee says Josiah Wilson doesn’t have First Nation ‘bloodlines’

Organizers of an all First Nations sports event in B.C. are being accused of racism and discrimination for benching a status Indian player who is black.

Organizers of the All Native Basketball Tournament say Josiah Wilson can’t compete because he doesn’t have First Nations ancestry or “bloodlines.”

Adopted as infant in Haiti

Wilson, a point guard with the Heiltsuk Wolf Pack team, is of Haitian descent. He was adopted as an infant in Haiti and raised by a Heiltsuk First Nation family in Canada.