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The Metis Nation of Alberta has been turned down a second time in a bid to enter its own team of athletes at this year's Indigenous Games in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Games organizers there say only one cultural group from each province or state is permitted to participate in the week-long event this spring.

"From what I understand (according to the games' mandate), there will be no distinction between linguistic and cultural groups," says games spokesman Robert

Strohm. "It will be restricted only to boundaries of province and state."

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The Metis Nation of Alberta has been turned down a second time in a bid to enter its own team of athletes at this year's Indigenous Games in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Games organizers there say only one cultural group from each province or state is permitted to participate in the week-long event this spring.

"From what I understand (according to the games' mandate), there will be no distinction between linguistic and cultural groups," says games spokesman Robert

Strohm. "It will be restricted only to boundaries of province and state."

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Sharp shooting and slick ball-handling point guard Pat Schildt led his Browning, Montana senior men's basketball team to a come-from-behind three point victory over Siksika Nation.

It was the championship final of a six team senior basketball tourney at the Jerry Dawson Athletic Centre Jan. 17.

Siksika led the contest right from the opening whistle and held a 61-56 half-time lead. It was nip-and-tuck all through the second half with Browning managing to tie it at 111-111 with only 11 seconds left to play.

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Sharp shooting and slick ball-handling point guard Pat Schildt led his Browning, Montana senior men's basketball team to a come-from-behind three point victory over Siksika Nation.

It was the championship final of a six team senior basketball tourney at the Jerry Dawson Athletic Centre Jan. 17.

Siksika led the contest right from the opening whistle and held a 61-56 half-time lead. It was nip-and-tuck all through the second half with Browning managing to tie it at 111-111 with only 11 seconds left to play.

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Sharp shooting and slick ball-handling point guard Pat Schildt led his Browning, Montana senior men's basketball team to a come-from-behind three point victory over Siksika Nation.

It was the championship final of a six team senior basketball tourney at the Jerry Dawson Athletic Centre Jan. 17.

Siksika led the contest right from the opening whistle and held a 61-56 half-time lead. It was nip-and-tuck all through the second half with Browning managing to tie it at 111-111 with only 11 seconds left to play.

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Sharp shooting and slick ball-handling point guard Pat Schildt led his Browning, Montana senior men's basketball team to a come-from-behind three point victory over Siksika Nation.

It was the championship final of a six team senior basketball tourney at the Jerry Dawson Athletic Centre Jan. 17.

Siksika led the contest right from the opening whistle and held a 61-56 half-time lead. It was nip-and-tuck all through the second half with Browning managing to tie it at 111-111 with only 11 seconds left to play.

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It was supposed to be a mismatch. Young Lorne Many Guns from the Peigan Nation was entering his third year in the bull riding event. He was up against Gregg Kesler's top bull Bombay, which had brought two cowboys to a first-place finish in two go-rounds at the recent National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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It was supposed to be a mismatch. Young Lorne Many Guns from the Peigan Nation was entering his third year in the bull riding event. He was up against Gregg Kesler's top bull Bombay, which had brought two cowboys to a first-place finish in two go-rounds at the recent National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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It was supposed to be a mismatch. Young Lorne Many Guns from the Peigan Nation was entering his third year in the bull riding event. He was up against Gregg Kesler's top bull Bombay, which had brought two cowboys to a first-place finish in two go-rounds at the recent National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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It was supposed to be a mismatch. Young Lorne Many Guns from the Peigan Nation was entering his third year in the bull riding event. He was up against Gregg Kesler's top bull Bombay, which had brought two cowboys to a first-place finish in two go-rounds at the recent National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada.