Tanton credits the sport for steering him away from gang life. Now he's motivated to make the game accessible to youth across Saskatchewan.
In 2021, Tanton partnered with Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan to start the Living Skies Indigenous Basketball League, giving kids in both urban and rural Indigenous communities a chance to play basketball in a provincial league and learn about Indigenous culture.
Rob Lovelace met Tanton on the basketball court in the early 2000s. He said Tanton was known for encouraging and welcoming younger players.“ are so grateful for what he has done and the opportunity it has provided for them to take part in something that they may not have been able to. I look at the Living Skies Basketball league … and that program is open to Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth, bringing everyone together in the name of truth and reconciliation.
One might expect Tanton to have had inspirational or pivotal guidance in his youth. But he says his story is more about proving people wrong.Born in Prince Albert, Tanton spent most of his life in Saskatoon, although his family is from the Île-à-La-Crosse area.Article content “I learned so much in probably a four-month span that really sent my game to that kind of next level.”
“The resilience that a lot of these kids showed was pushed so far and stretched so thin that when there was a loss on the court, they would find it even harder. They would be really sad when we lost games, to the point of crying, but I knew it was less about the game and just more of this is a safe space for them to be able to let their feelings out and not be judged,” he says.Article content
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