Missing at the Olympics opener...

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I have a second cousin once removed who was honoured to be chosen to craft a few of the Native Art sculptures for the Vancouver Olympics. His father is from the First Nations people and his mother (my second cousin) has Scots, English and Irish ancestry.

Here he explained the story behind the sculpture as he worked on its preparation in August 2009 while his parents and sister looked on.

I think it is important to honour the First Nations people, many of whom made the settlers from Europe welcome and intermarried with them, despite often having been persecuted by the settlers. As a Scot I would rather see Canada celebrate the First Nations people at such a prestigious event as the Olympics, there are plenty other opportunities in Canada to manifest Scottish heritage. When wearing a kilt in Toronto, Vancouver or Victoria I have felt honoured by the number of Canadian citizens who passed favourable comment.