Local Indigenous students got a chance to learn some basic lacrosse skills during a series of four camps put on by the Delta School District’s Indigenous education department.
The camps went really well, said Indigenous cultural enhancement facilitator Nathan Wilson, noting for some kids it was their first experience with lacrosse.
“It’s just giving them a little bit of focus. It’s time to hang out with other Indigenous students learning Canada’s summer national sport invented by the Indigenous peoples,” said Wilson, who ran the camps and also plays for the Ladner Pioneers senior “B” lacrosse club.
Sessions took place in South Delta at Cliff Drive Elementary last month and at Ladner Elementary earlier this month. North Delta sessions ran at Chalmers and Gibson elementary schools.
Wilson said the hope is to put on more camps, including additional sports, in the future.
Galan Mierau, 10, was at the camp put on at Ladner Elementary. He said he was having fun and working on skills like passing, catching and picking up the ball.
Student volunteers, including some from the district’s lacrosse academy, helped out. Academy teacher coordinator Patty Burr added that volunteers from Delta Lacrosse also visited local schools to promote the game.
