b'NORTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS GAMESThe North American Indigenous Games offer a powerful community space for young IndigenousTania Cameron (far right) with the Treaty 3 Titans junior girls volleyball teamwomentwo-fold. I think theres greater participa-tion, which is a good thing, but the (skill)B U I LD I N GB E T T E R level of the competition is also increasing. B U I LD I N GB E T T E R Moyers daughter, Kylie, played U16F UTU R E S TO G ETH ER .volleyball in the 2014 Games, and was aF UTU R E S TO G ETH ER .gold medallist in U19 basketball at the 2017 Games. She sees promotion as key to increasing womens participation in all levels: I think that there is always a need to promote participation in Indigenous womens sport. Finding the courage to start can sometimes be hard but seeing and hearing about others that have done it can be helpful. Kylie Moyer has gone on from her NAIG experiences to play varsity basketball with the St. Lawrence College Surge. Sport at both the NAIG and local levels has played a part in helping to write similar stories for many women like her. Since 2015 Ive had a number of athletes go on to play college or university volleyball and basketball, so that makes me feel so good, Cameron proudly explains. I love to encourage my youth athletes: Stay in highSamantha and school, get your courses, and you could goSamantha and play in college.Asher work together on an Asher work together on an Over the years, word has gotten aroundall Indigenous Valard Assembly Crew about Camerons uplifting message,all Indigenous Valard Assembly Crew something she sees as crucial in increasingin Northern Ontario. The work they do participation.I had 20 girls come out toin Northern Ontario. The work they do my girls volleyball night, she says.Whenimproves the lives of people in their we start a new season, I say were all hereimproves the lives of people in their to learn, were all here to support eachcommunities. communities.valard.comother. Were not going to be swearingvalard.comor razzing on each other. We kid and we joke, but were all going to learn this game together, and the more advanced Ontario Native Womens Association43'