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Cree Nation Achievement Awards

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• Since retiring from a 14 year Professional hockey career, Brant has focused much of his time & effort on his education

• With a clear understanding & respect of the importance education plays in life, Brant successfully completed his Business degree in April 2012

• Brant is the President of the Cree Nation Sports Academy

Brant BlacknedPresident, Cree Nation Sports Academy

• He will not only serve as President, but also as a mentor & a role model to all of the Cree children that get the opportunity to participate

• He is very motivated & excited to continue making a positive impact on the Youth of the Cree Nation

Brant BlacknedPresident, Cree Nation Sports Academy

Please welcome Brant Blackned to present the Sports Excellence Awards


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• This young man excels in his sport, hockey

• This summer he made his 3rd trip to Europe playing for Team Canada Selects for the Under-16’s in Salzsburg, Austria

• He first showed great interest in competitive hockey in Montreal playing in the Atom division

• He made the BB Atom team the following year

Sports Excellence AwardAge 13-17

• Thereafter he played Pee Wee AA for 2 years

• He moved up to Bantam AA playing in countless tournaments across Eastern Canada

• During these tournaments he received plenty of attention from other teams, one of them being the Scranton-Wilkes/Barre Jr Knights, Pennsylvania, USA

• He moved with his parents to Pennsylvania, a choice they would not regret


• The team players came from Canada, USA, Russia, Holland & Ukraine. They had an impressive record of 71-4-7 (W-L-T) qualifying them for the National Championships Under-14 Elite Division in Buffalo, NY

• The team won the tournament, taking home the championship

• It was a proud moment when all of the players displayed their countries’ flags, his “flag” was that of the Cree Nation of Mistissini


• He came back home to play in the Canada Cup in Ottawa with the Cree Nation Bears

• This year he has been invited to play in Midget AAA in Oakville, Ontario & began training in June

• For a young man, his resume already includes championships ranging from regional, national & international tournaments


• He has been scouted & mentioned in many scouting news articles in USA Hockey, Scouting News & Prospect News

• He has played in every major city across the Northeastern US & Canada, as well as in Europe

• When all young athletes dream of playing in the NHL, his biggest dream is to play for Team Canada in the World Juniors


The Cree Nation Achievement Awards 2012




Cody Petawabano


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• On his 5th birthday, his parents bought him his first motocross bike

• At age 6, he won his first championship in a local event when he placed first in the PeeWee class of 500cc racers

• He quickly developed as a rider & started winning championships in the amateur classes

• At the age of 15 he became one of the youngest riders to turn pro in Canada


• He also took a different path to compete in Snow-cross

• In his first year racing snow-cross he won both semi-pro stock & open class

• In 2004 he registered in the Semi-Pro class. He was ranked second in the Open 800cc class & third in the Stock 440cc class. That year he won the “Rookie of the Year” award


• In 2007 he attended the Canadian national circuit in the MX-2 class & finished 16th overall among the best Canadian & American racers

• He signed a contract with Warnert Racing team to race snow-cross in the World Snow-Cross Association of USA

• He finished 2nd overall in the sport class amongst the best in the world


• In 2012 his plans were to compete in a few selected regionals & provincials & the 2012 East Coast Canadian Nationals

• After dominating a few regional events he is now focused to compete in the last 4 Canadian Nationals

• At the age of 23, he is the only Aboriginal competing at a professional level & works to achieve his dream to be a Canadian National Champion


• A highlight of his racing career was his promotion, last Fall, to the Professional category to compete at the Montreal Olympic Stadium in front of 55,000 spectators

• In his qualifying run he raced against 100 riders with only 25 spots in the finals

• He qualified & moved to the finals

• He competed in style & finished in 14th place


• A summary of his achievements:

• 1998 - Competed at the Loretta Lynn Amateur Nationals in Nashville TN & finished 21st

• 2001 - Competed at the Florida winter series & finished 10th in the 85cc class

• 2002 - CMRC Quebec Champion 85cc

• 2003 - CMRC Quebec Champion 125cc Junior & Super-mini 105cc


• 2004 - Competed at the Montreal Olympic Stadium & Toronto Skydome & ranked 14th & 16th respectively, in the Professional 125cc class

• 2004 - Competed at the Canadian Amateur Nationals in Walton Ontario & ranked 4th in the Intermediate 125cc class

• 2004 - CMRC Quebec Champion 250cc Intermediate class


He says:

“As long as I am racing I want to be a role model for Aboriginal youth & an

ambassador for the Aboriginal peoples of Canada & the U.S. and, of course, I want to continue my education through College &

University.”






Nathaniel Bosum


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• This Hockey player had a Professional Hockey Career from 1995 to 2009 playing in the following places:

St. Georges, Quebec Quebec, Quebec

Muskegon, Michigan Tupelo, Mississippi

Rockford, Illinois Thunder Bay, Ontario

Erie, Pennsylvania

• He played over 70 games competitively each year






Brant Blackned

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