Indigenous Games chef de mission excited to showcase Mi’kma’ki – CBC

Levi Denny ‘honoured’ to be named to position for 2020 North American Indigenous Games in Halifax

Sep 06, 2018

The newly appointed chef de mission for Team Mi’kmaw Nova Scotia for the 2020 North American Indigenous Games in Halifax is excited the event is being hosted for the first time in Mi’kma’ki, the traditional ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq.

“It’s huge,” said Levi Denny, director of sports and recreation for Eskasoni First Nation. “The North American Indigenous Games is going to be the biggest games Nova Scotia has ever hosted. There’s probably over 5,000 athletes coming to these games.”

Denny has served as mission staff for the past three North American Indigenous Games, and has led Team Atlantic (Male) as head coach at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships for the past several years.

Team Mi’kmaw Nova Scotia hopes to mount its biggest team yet in 2020, with as many as 300 athletes, coaches and managers.

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