The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is lobbying to bring the 2008 North American Indigenous Games to Regina.
The site selection was in Regina this week. Saskatchewan has a 14 percent Native population.
The games, held every few years in the U.S. or Canada, are also being wooed by Cowichan First Nation in British Columbia.
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FSIN hopes to win North American Indigenous Games
(CBC 7/29)
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North American Indigenous Games, 2002 site - http://www.2002naig.com
First Nations in Saskatchewan want indigenous games
Friday, July 30, 2004
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