Kevin Monkman will never forget the racism he experienced growing up as a youth hockey player just trying to enjoy playing the game he loved.

“Getting spit on by adults at games not knowing why, becoming a coach and seeing those same things happen,” Monkman said while relaying some of the experiences he has dealt with in his time playing, coaching and managing hockey.

“We managed to overcome that, but it still resonates in my blood the racism we experienced.”

Monkman is the assistant general manager of the Waywayseecappo Wolverines of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, and the manager of the the Peguis Junior B hockey club in the Keystone Junior Hockey League.

He will now take on another important role, as Monkman will join Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation Chief Trechelle Bunn and Breanne

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