Host team winners

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The host team was polite but insistent. And they won.

Team Saskatchewan captured the most hardware at the 1993 North American Indigenous Games held here July 18-25. The team, which also was the big winner at the first games in Edmonton in 1990, finished with a total of 283 medals - 123 gold, 99 silver, and 61 bronze.

Team Alberta came in second with 234 medals in all - 76 gold, 82 silver, and 76 bronze. Manitoba and British Columbia tied for third spot with 53 medals each. Manitoba took 16 gold, 19 silver and 18 bronze, with B,.C. accumulating 21 gold, 17 silver, and 15 bronze medals.

These top four teams also had the most athletes in attendance. Unofficially, Saskatchewan fielded 1,000 athletes, Alberta 850, Manitoba 600 and B.C. 450. Minnesota brought 200 athletes, Ontario 100, 95 athletes cam from Quebec, and the Northwest Territories and Yukon each had 76 athletes in attendance. The Maritimes brought in 18 choice athletes.

Our southern cousins were represented with Michigan bringing 26 athletes, New York 25, Montana 17, Washington 12, South Dakota 5, New Mexico 3, while Arizona

and North Dakota each sent one representative.

This unofficial total adds up to 3,555 athletes, approximately 1,000 less than projected. Approximately 2,200 were junior athletes, the remainder competed in the senior category. However, the lesser number had no impact on any of the sporting events and the coaches, managers, chaperones, and officials as well as those involved in the cultural activities more than took up the slack.