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New book about hockey team from Pelican Lake Indian Residential School set for Thunder Bay launch [Video]

“Beyond The Rink: Behind the Images of Residential School Hockey” shines a light on the success and complex history of the 1951 Sioux Lookout Black Hawks hockey team from Pelican Lake Indian Residential School in northwestern Ontario. The book was co-authored by Janice Forsyth, a professor at the University of British Columbia and a member of Fisher River Cree Nation, located north of Winnipeg. Here’s what she has to say about the new book, which examines the photographs that helped document the team’s story.

Beyond The Rink: Behind The Images of Residential School Hockey is a new book that tells the story of the championship hockey team from Pelican Lake Indian Residential School near Sioux Lookout, Ont. It’s set to launch in Thunder Bay on May 21.

The authors say the book reveals the complicated role of sports in residential school histories, commemorating the team’s stellar hockey record and athletic …

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