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Indigenous sports heroes honoured by Canada Post

Seven-time Stanley Cup champion Bryan Trottier is among the latest Indigenous leaders to be honoured by Canada Post.Trottier, who has Métis, Cree and Chippewa ancestry, is one of the individuals recognized in a new three-stamp series that was unveiled on June 17 during a ceremony at the Calgary Public Library.Trottier is from the small Saskatchewan town of Val Marie but now lives in a Pennsylvania city named Washington about 30 minutes from Pittsburgh.The other two Indigenous leaders recognized in this stamp series are Chief Wilton Littlechild and Edward Lennie.

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