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Originally Posted by Mad Mel
The All-Native is a wonderful event for community building. Not just between communities, but within each team's community. I was a neighbour to the Haida team from Skidegate, and the way that village got behind their All-Native teams was really great to see. It's the event that the whole place looks forward to all year.
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If you want to build communities, isn't it better to have an "everyone is welcome" event, rather than promote a segregated format?
I have been to hockey/basketball tournaments in high school where the native communities came out to cheer on their own team alright, ...to the point where tensions got high and fights broke out in the stands.....that is not "community building".