Kenneth Strath Moore (February 17, 1910 – December 8, 1981) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics. He is the first indigenous person to win an Olympic gold medal.
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Moore was born in Balcarres, Saskatchewan. He was one of Canada's first indigenous Olympians and a member of the Peepeekisis Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, although his parents were originally from Norway House Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba.[citation needed]
In 1932, he was a member of the Winnipeg Hockey Club, the Canadian team which won the gold medal. During the game, he played one match and scored one goal.[citation needed]
Moore married Edith Mae McDougall and has one daughter, two granddaughters and one great grandson. He died in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[citation needed]
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