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While the spotlight at the Canadian Sports Awards was on the winners of the National Tom Longboat Award and the National Aboriginal Coaching Award, there are a number of other Aboriginal athletes and coaches that have received recognition at the regional level.
A total of 28 regional awards were handed out for 2001, including 13 regional Aboriginal Coaching Awards and 15 regional Tom Longboat Awards.
The regional recipients of the 2001 Tom Longboat Awards include in the female division badminton player Holly Anderson from Makkovik, Labrador; boxer Robin Beaulieu from Fort Smith, N.W.T.; basketball player Denise Wilson from Nanaimo, B.C.; hockey goalie Kayla Narvie from Eel River Bar First Nation, N.B.; hockey player Fallon Head from James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan; and national award winner, wrestler Tara Hedican from Guelph, Ont.
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