{"id":2235,"date":"2013-03-09T20:21:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T00:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/?p=2235"},"modified":"2013-03-09T20:21:16","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T00:21:16","slug":"ahkee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/09\/ahkee\/","title":{"rendered":"AH’KEE!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MNN. 9, 2013. <\/strong>Ice hockey is the fastest and most exciting winter game in the world. It began in brutal northern winters. The Indigenous of Great Turtle Island were the first to play a game on the ice. The Mi’kmag of the East were seen playing this game in the 1600\u2019s, with a curved tool on an ice surface. The first puck was a frozen apple.<\/p>\n

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Many other Indigenous nations played a version of field hockey with a puck or ball and curved wooden stick.<\/b> No padding or equipment was used by the players. The word ‘hockey’ came from a Mohawk scream of pain, \u201cah’kee!\u201d, when they got hit with the ball.<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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The first native hockey player in the NHL was Fred Sasakamoose for the Chicago Black Hawks. There have been many since.<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Our simple game has been adopted as Canada’s most beloved national sport. It’s been adopted outside of Great Turtle Island. One of the greatest Canadian Hockey lovers was Stompin ‘ Tom Connors, whom we lost recently. He wrote a great song on “the good old hockey game”. MNN extends our greatest regards for the memories he has given us. Stompin Tom Connors<\/a><\/p>\n

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