Description
Brant, a professional hockey player, started playing in Britain for the Basingstoke Beavers in the 1994-1995 season but was loaned to the Bracknell Bees by midseason and stayed with them until 2002, when he joined the Sheffield Steelers. Brant was a very popular player with fans, who nicknamed him “The Chief.” Of his experiences in Britain, Brant has said that he “quickly learned the British public “knew little about Native North Americans” and so he “ecided to go out into the community and set the record straight”: “In my first year at Bracknell I must have talked to about 45 schools, There were stories about me in the papers and the next year I had calls from even more schools, plus groups of elderly people, boy scouts, girl guides. Everyone wanted me to talk to them. I was swamped.” Despite the stereotypes, Brant “insists he has not been the victim of discrimination on or off the ice.”
Bibliographic sources
“Mohawk playing pro hockey in Britain,” Windspeaker, January 2000, https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mohawk+playing+pro+hockey+in+Britain.-a030071437.