NHL's Carey Price is just one of Canada's notable Aboriginal athletes

Tuesday marks the 20th anniversary of National Aboriginal Day in Canada and CBCsports.cacelebrates the heritage, diverse cultures and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Mtis peoples.

Indigenous cultures have greatly impacted sport in Canada, such as our nationalsummersport of lacrosse which was derived from the Aboriginal game of baggataway.

In the CBC News segment I am Indigenous, lacrosse player Cody Jamieson, who is Mohawk from the Turtle Clan at the Six Nations of the Grand River, said,"Our culture is so deeply rooted in lacrosse that it's in our Creation story".

Jamieson plays pro lacrosse for the New York Lizards of Major League Lacrosse and the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League, where he was named MVP in 2014.

Carey Price

Carey Price Interview (Excerpt)

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Duration 1:49

A preview of Peter Mansbridge's interview with Canadiens goalie Carey Price.

Montreal CanadiensgoaltenderCarey Pricehad some bad luck this past season, but he's still one of the best and highest paid goalies in the NHL.His motheris the former chief of theUlkatcho First Nation and his fathertaught him to skate on the frozen creek outside his homein the remote northern British Columbiatown ofAnahimLake.

This past year Price donated thousands of dollars in equipmentto his old hockey club and to First Nations communities in his home province.

JordinTootoo

New Jersey Devils right winger JordinTootoo is the first NHL player of Inuk descent.He grew up inRankin Inlet, Nunavut, where his father taught him and brother Terence to play hockey.

Like Price, Tootoo is giving back to his community by being a champion of suicide prevention, and speaks of the loss of his brother in his book, All the way: My Life on ice.

George Armstrong

Part Ojibway Hockey Hall of FamerGeorge Armstrongplayed 21 seasons in the NHL and wasToronto Maple Leafs captain for 13 of those. He's best known for scoringthe game-winning goal in the 1967 Stanley Cup final, the last time the Leafs won the championship.

Waneek Horn-Miller

Horn-Miller was co-captain of Canada's first women's water-polo team, which finished fifth at the Sydney Olympics.A Mohawk from Kahnawake, as a teenager Horn-Miller had been behind the lines during the 1990 Oka Crisis and was stabbed by a bayonet. According to Team Canada, the near-death experience was a turning point in her life, as she used the incident to fuel her dreams of competing at the Olympic Games.

Tom Longboat

June 4th is officiallyTom Longboat Dayin Canada, and for good reason. He was anOnondagadistancerunnerfrom theSix NationsIndian reservenearBrantford, Ont., and won the 1907 Boston Marathon and competed for Canada at the 1908Olympic Games. He was known around the world as "Wildfire" and is considered one ofCanada's greatest long-distance runners.

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