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First Nations Article Evaluation[edit]
Is anything missing that could be added?[edit]
A section about sports could be added to the article. There have been numerous First Nations sportspeople who have been recognized within their sport from receiving awards and accolades. So, the sports section could be added under the Culture section within the article.
In addition, the Missing and murdered women section could be updated as The Government of Canada has announced an independent national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.
Is each fact referenced?[edit]
Throughout the article, there are a few facts with missing citations. For example, the First and Second World Wars section is not cited, so I am unaware of the sources used for these facts. Secondly, the fourth paragraph in the Colonization and integration section is not cited regarding the different percentages of churches that ran schools.
Are there any claims, or frames that appear heavily biased towards a particular position?[edit]
In the Missing and murdered men section, there may be a bias as comments were made that missing and murdered women should be the focus rather than missing and murdered men.
Darren Zack (Draft)[edit]
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Darren Zack[edit]
Darren Zack, also known as Z-MAN, was born in 1960 in Garden River, Ontario, Canada.[1][3] He is a member of the Ojibwa tribe. After participating in sports at a young age, Darren Zack specialized in softball and excelled at the sport as a fastball pitcher. Throughout his career, he travelled around the world playing softball and has been recognized several times for his athletic achievements.[1]
Personal Life[edit]
The son of John and Edith Zack, Darren Zack grew up on the Garden River First Nations Reserve near Sault Ste. Marie.[1][3] At a young age, he was taught many sports, including fishing, hunting, football and baseball. As a family tradition, Darren Zack's parents taught him softball. After practicing his pitching for several years in the backyard of his home with his family, Darren Zack was ready to excel at the sport.[1]
When Darren Zack is not playing softball, he is a quiet-natured man who shares his passion and dreams with Aboriginal people across the world. [3] Darren Zack is proud of his Aboriginal heritage and has been a resident of the Garden River First Nation Reserve for most of his life, where he currently resides with his wife, Charlotte and their children.[3][2]
Athletic Career[edit]
Although he is known as a softball player, Darren Zack was a multi-talented athlete. At the age of 18, he played for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).[1] After focusing on softball, he competed all over the world. This included New Zealand, Argentina, Mexico, and the United States of America.[1] Throughout his career, his achievements were gold medals at the 1991, 1995, and 1999 Pan-American Games.[1] Another achievement was a silver medal at the 1996 World Softball Championships.[1] In addition, Darren Zack played for several Canadian Native Fastball Championships (CNFC) teams including Garden River, Horse Lake Thunder, Sapotaweyak, and Invermere A's. [4]
Darren Zack competed in the International Softball Congress (ISC) World Tournament on several occasions. He won four ISC World Tournament Championships, that were 1993 and 1995 with the Toronto Gators, 1998 with the Tamper Smokers, and 2000 with Decatur Pride.[2] Due to these accomplishments, Darren Zack has set records such as the second-best record for all-time consecutive game wins and third in ISC World Tournament victories.[2] In addition, he was named to the ISC All-World Team nine times between the years of 1992 and 2004.[2] A highlight of his career was pitching 150 strikeouts over the course of 69.66 consecutive scoreless innings and winning 10 games at the 1995 ISC World Tournament in Iowa.[1]
Awards[edit]
As a role model and a softball player, Darren Zack has been the recipient of several awards. In 1997, he was awarded the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for his career in sport. This award is given to Aboriginal professionals in Canada.[1] In 1999, he was awarded the Tom Longboat award for being Canada's most outstanding male aboriginal athlete.[1] Over the course of eight years (1992-2000) competing at the ISC World Tournament, he was the recipient of the Outstanding Pitcher award four times.[2] At the 2010 ISC World Tournament in Midland, Michigan, Darren Zack was inducted into the ISC Hall of Fame.[4]
In 2002, he was inducted into the Sault Ste. Marie Sports Hall of Fame as well as the Sault's Walk of Fame in 2007.[2] This was not the only Hall of Fame induction. On November 14, 2009, Darren Zack was inducted into the Softball Canada Hall of Fame due to his excellence and contribution to the sport.[5]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l King, C. Richard (2015-03-10). Native Americans in Sports. Routledge. ISBN 9781317464037.
- ^ a b c d e f g nurun.com. "Zack's illustrious career rewarded with Hall nod". Sault Star. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ a b c d e "Indspire | Darren Zack". indspire.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ a b "Canadian Native Fastball Championship". www.nativefastball.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ^ "Softball BC: Five Ontario Nominees will be Inducted to Softball Canada Hall of Fame". softball.bc.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-30.