Indigenous Peoples

Mayes McLain was a gridiron legend turned wrestling star

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 21, 2024 | Classics, Hollywood Headlock, The Sporting Connection

Editor’s note: Problematic language may remain in vintage quotations and has been kept to...

‘Thunderblood’ Charlie Norris dead at 59

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 6, 2023 | News, Obituaries

“Thunderblood” Charlie Norris, the Chippewa wrestler who made it to World Championship...

Guest column: All hail Wavell Starr, the true First Nations Sensation

Posted by Stefan "Epic" Richard | Jun 21, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion

Wavell Starr’s importance to professional wrestling was not only the matches he had and the titles...

Indigenous Peoples story archives

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 12, 2020 | Story Archives

SlamWrestling.net acknowledges some of the many the professional wrestlers who represent...

Princess Victoria: A career cut short

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 9, 2011 | Interviews

Some remember the dates of their first championship or their wrestling debut. For Princess...

Wrestling came easy to Sandy Partlow

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 23, 2010 | Interviews

For anyone who saw Sandy Partlow wrestle, it was pretty obvious that she was good at what she did,...

Remembering the full life of Princess Tona Tomah

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 9, 2007 | Interviews, Obituaries

Amid the turmoil of late June, and the major media coverage of Chris Benoit’s horrible...

Wavell a Starr on the rise

Posted by Jason Clevett | May 26, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

SASKATOON – Saskatchewan’s ‘First Nation’s Sensation’ Wavell Starr...

Life hitting Wahoo McDaniel hard

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 9, 2000 | Classics, Interviews

There’s no doubt that the recent road for Wahoo McDaniel has been tough. Here’s...

Billy Two Rivers: From the ring to the Oka Crisis

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 10, 2000 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

BORN: May 5, 1935 6’0″, 220 pounds When Billy Two Rivers retired from pro wrestling in...

Tag: Indigenous Peoples

Mayes McLain was a gridiron legend turned wrestling star

‘Thunderblood’ Charlie Norris dead at 59

Guest column: All hail Wavell Starr, the true First Nations Sensation

Indigenous Peoples story archives

Princess Victoria: A career cut short

Wrestling came easy to Sandy Partlow

Remembering the full life of Princess Tona Tomah

Wavell a Starr on the rise

Life hitting Wahoo McDaniel hard

Billy Two Rivers: From the ring to the Oka Crisis

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