Waasayah Munro-Soldier wants more First Nations youth to compete
One of the top-ranked under-18 archers in Manitoba has her sights on a gold medal at the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) this month.
It is one of the first times she gets to compete with other young athletes that look like her.
Waasayah Munro-Soldier is Anishinaabe from Swan Lake First Nation, which is 156 kilometers west of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
She will compete in the 3D Archery event at the games, which take place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from July 15 to 23.
Waasayah hopes to inspire other Indigenous youth to try the sport.
“I’m competing against 120 [Indigenous] archers, but right now, I’m the only Indigenous female in Archery Manitoba,” Waasayah said in an interview with Kids News.
She’s also an impressive one — in 2022, she was ranked five out of 30 in Canada, in the under-18 rankings of target shooting.
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