SUMMER MICHEL-STEVENSON

AGE: 17

RESERVE: PELICAN NARROWS

SPORT: CANOE

Summer Michel-Stevenson has been canoeing for about five years now. Her mother, Bella Stevenson, attended the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) twice in her lifetime in the canoeing event.

"She's really big into canoeing. I watched her all the time and I followed her footsteps and it's something I really enjoy doing, too," she says.

Michel-Stevenson followed her mother's path and turned it into a reality for herself. She comes from a community where canoeing is part of their culture. There are different types of canoeing but she enjoys the two-people canoe. 

"I really like it because it's really active and fun. All my friends and I, we all go canoeing back home."

Michel-Stevenson said there were about 15 canoe athletes from her community that were chosen to represent Team Saskatchewan for this year's NAIG. She said was happy when she heard she made it to NAIG. 

"It was really cool and really amazing. It was a happy moment."

She will be attending the First Nations University of Canada in Prince Albert to take two years of Arts and Science. She plans on working towards a career in Pediatrics. 

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