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2010 Olympic Ceremonies Highlight

Dennis Thomas of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation

When I finally got to watch the Olympic ceremonies (after original broadcast) I couldn't help but notice how hot this Native guy was who did the final welcome from the Four Host Nations. I took this Twitpic of him much to everyone's delight on Facebook and Twitter so in case you missed it, here it is in all it's, ahem, glory.

His name is Dennis Thomas of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (Burrard Indian Band). Now I know that recently I was critiquing the use of wolves in avatars and on tee-shirts (can you say uber-cheese?), but I have to admit the wolf looks good on him. In the Tsleil-Waututh's Nation Declaration they state that they "have been here since the Creator transformed the Wolf, into that first Tsleil-Waututh, and made the Wolf responsible for this land."

Powerful and interesting stuff. Now before you can say Twilight, I would say that if Rene Haynes is starting to cast for Breaking Dawn she might just want to take a closer look at Dennis and some of his Wolf Clan nation over at Tsleil-Waututh.
Posted by Lisa ~ Urban Native Girl at 2:29 PM
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8 comments:

  1. I missed the opening ceremony!
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  2. I totally agree. He would look good on the silver screen.
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  3. Sorry ladies..he is taken engaged to White lady:) I know all the good ones are taken..this guy by the way is a very nice guy..very personable.
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  4. Ha ha! Lisa, I just love how you pointed out the half naked native guy in the Olympic opening ceremonies. That is awesome, too bad he's engaged. :(
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  5. Karen - too bad!
    Lanova - I know we should start a petition to get him hired!
    Anon - Thanks for the info. Glad to hear he's a nice guy :).
    Kimberley - got to have the fluff with that heavy stuff too :P.
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  6. Here's a piece about indigenous issues and the Olympics that I put together -
    "An Indigenous Olympics?"
    http://contexts.org/socimages/2010/02/15/guest-post-an-indigenous-olympics/

    The opening ceremonies were on while I was wrapping it up, and I ended up adding a statement about how the ceremonies were better than some of the Olympic marketing imagery and rhetoric about or from native peoples in present-day Canada; but better discourse about native peoples isn't necessary good or acceptable. I mean... when the bar is so low, it doesn't necessarily amount to much to get past the bar.

    Yes, there were deep problems with the ceremonies. In the grand scheme, they were extremely brief, and they certainly didn't raise the history of oppression that you've started to bring up here.

    The speaker (during the ceremonies) who talked about an inclusive and free Canada only added to the implied ceremony messages about how natives are important in this nation (i.e. within the borders imposed over native lands).
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  7. He's a really nice guy. My boyfriend plays soccer with him.
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  8. T.B. - Great post!

    Anon - I have heard that from many people. So great to hear :).
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