World Indigenous Nations Games ‘Instil hope and pride

As one of the most decorated athletes in the history of Canada’s national cross-country ski team, Sharon Firth of Gwich’in First Nation competed in four Winter Olympic Games alongside her twin sister, Shirley. 
 
“Going to the Olympics, you don’t see many Indigenous people there,” says Firth. “I strained my eyes looking.” At the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, Firth recalls that she and her sister were two of only five Indigenous athletes comp