FrontRunners
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FrontRunners
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The FrontRunners were a group of 10 Indigenous athletes who were torchbearers at the 1967 Pan American Games. The members of the group were Charlie Nelson, Dave Courchene Jr., Patrick Bruyere, Charles Bittern, William Chippaway, Fred Harper, William Merasty, Russell Abraham, John Nazzie and Milton Mallett. They attended residential schools across Manitoba. They were asked to run the Pan American Games flame 800 kilometres (500 mi) from St Paul, Minnesota to Winnipeg, Manitoba, specifically Winni
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Group of 10 Indigenous athletes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrontRunners
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2022-08-01T14:09:00Z
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