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Article: Paving the way with gold.
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- February 1, 2001
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TORONTO
Standing six-foot-three and weighing 230 pounds, Albert Doxtator, 23, is the super heavy-weight world gold medal champion in pankration, the original gladiator sport of the Olympics.
Doxtator, a member of the turtle clan of the Oneida Nation and from the Chippewas of Thames reserve near London, Ont., gets a lot of strength from his traditional beliefs.
"The turtle represents the earth, the root of all life. The turtle is old, wise and well respected, and teaches patience, confidence, solidarity and, most of all, strength. They call me Albert `the Fighting Spirit' Doxtator. They call me `the Fighting Spirit' because I am emotionally ...
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...Debbie Doxtator's victory last month in the Oneida tribal elections ... Members of the Oneida Tribe of Indians elected Doxtator to a second three-year term as tribal chairwoman. Doxtator, 35, was the top vote-getter in a field of four ...
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