History will be made at the July 22 game between the Edmonton Elks and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Indigenous-focused news outlet Windspeaker will broadcast the Elks home game at Commonwealth Stadium in the nêhiyawêwin language, the first time a CFL game will be broadcast in an Indigenous language, as part of the Elks’ inaugural Indigenous Celebration Game.
“Sports has the power to transcend all language barriers,” Cui said. “As a community-owned team, bringing people together around the game of football is one of our main objectives.” In addition to the nêhiyawêwin-language broadcast, the national anthem will be performed in English and nêhiyawêwin, there will be an Indigenous half-time performance, and George Arcand Jr., grand chief of Treaty Six First Nations, will do the coin toss to determine which team gets first possession of the ball.Article contentPreviously, Windspeaker Media broadcast a pair of Western Hockey League games in the Blackfoot language.
Houle, who was also born on Goodfish Lake and whose mother tongue is also nêhiyaw, is a long-time Elks fan.
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