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Waneek Horn-Miller was a key member of the Canadian women's water polo team that won gold at the 1999 Pan Am Games. Voted MVP, Horn-Miller became co-captain and proudly led her team at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, the first year the Olympics included women’s water polo.
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.
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Dec 12, 2022 · Waneek Horn-Miller, a Mohawk water polo player and Canada's first indigenous Olympian, testified before a parliamentary committee on the status of women. She called for an inquiry with teeth to address systemic abuse in sport and shared her own experience of harassment and exclusion.
Sep 18, 2015 · Waneek Horn-Miller was a 14-year-old girl when she witnessed the brutal last day of the Oka Crisis, a 78-day standoff between Mohawks and the Canadian Army in 1990. She shares her memories of the violence, the solidarity and the aftermath of the siege that ended with the army pushing the Mohawks out.
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.
It was a near-death experience that marked a turning point in her life. Waneek has overcome discrimination and violence to emerge as one of North America’s most inspiring female Indigenous speakers with a compelling perspective and dynamic stories to share.
