Status Indian barred from All Native Basketball because he was adopted from Haiti
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Organizers of an all First Nations sports event in B.C. are being accused of racism and discrimination for benching a status Indian player who is black. Organizers of the All Native Basketball Tournament say Josiah Wilson can't compete because he doesn't have First Nations ancestry or "bloodlines." Wilson, a point guard with the Heiltsuk Wolf Pack team, is of Haitian descent. He was adopted as an infant in Haiti and raised by a Heiltsuk First Nation family in Canada. Our reporter Betsy Trumpener shares the story.