Abstract:
Fred Sasakamoose, the first Aboriginal player in the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1950s, hopes that hockey can help young people the way it helped him. When Sasakamoose, a well-respected Cree Elder, heard that four young people caused almost $100,000 in damage by vandalizing part of the Ahtakakoop Cree Nation, he thought they should be helped instead of punished.