CASE STUDY: SYDNEY 2000

CASE STUDY: CALGARY 1988

“Our problem is not with athletic competition or with cultural displays, but rather with that small group of wealthy, powerful interests in Alberta who are trying to wipe us out and who are using the Calgary Olympics and the Olympic Arts Festival to try to achieve enhanced international respectability and credibility.”

Four Host First Nations (FHFN)
In 2004, the four area band councils (along with government & VANOC) established the Four Host First Nations (FHFN) as an official Indigenous Olympic organization. According to a Nov. 24, 2004, press release, the FHFN was established to

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES