Even before he was a teenager, legendary First Nations runner Tom Longboat had come close to covering the marathon distance of 42.2 kilometres while trying to escape residential school. Longboat’s great, great, great niece Cindy Martin provided details of his life during a keynote address in Calgary on June 7. The talk was titled “Storytelling Series: Celebrating Indigenous Sport Heroes with Cindy Martin.” And the speech was part of the effort b…
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