Waneek Horn-Miller
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's water polo | ||
Representing  Canada
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| Pan American Games | ||
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1999 Winnipeg | Team |
| World Championships | ||
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2001 Fukuoka | Team |
Waneek Horn-Miller is a Mohawk of Kahnawake.[1] She was a member of the Canadian Women's Waterpolo Team that won a Gold Medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.[2]
Sporting career
For the 2000 Sydney Olympics preview issue of Time Magazine, Waneek posed nude on the cover.[1]
Private life
She is the daughter of former model and First Nations activist Kahn-Tineta Horn, and the sister of actress Kaniehtiio Horn.
Waneek was present at the Oka Crisis in the occupational camp as a 14 year old. On the last day of the standoff as the occupiers were walking out there was a physical altercation between soldiers and Mohawk militants and Waneek was injured by a soldier's bayonet as she carried her sister, and nearly lost her life.[3]
References
- ^ a b "2000: Waneek Miller poses for TIME". Water Polo Legends. 31 December 2008.
- ^ Canadian Press (CP) (8 August 1999). "Canadian Medallists". Slam! Sports. Canoe.ca.
- ^ Oka Timeline: An Unresolved Land Claim Hundreds of Years in the Making, CBC, 19 November 2015, retrieved 6 February 2016
External links
- Facebook: Waneekhornmiller
- Twitter: waneekhm
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