Native American Olympic Athlete Visits Duluth

DULUTH- Native American Hockey Star, Henry Boucha, made a visit to the Duluth Public Library Saturday, November 15th.His book, "Henry Boucha, Ojibwa: Native American Olympian," talks about growing up in Minnesota to becoming an Olympic and NHL hockey player.Boucha experienced depression and bitterness after he was forced to hang up his skatesr early due to an eye injury.Although that was a tragedy, he says he experienced successes."You can't let that eat you away.  You have to have that forgiveness and then once you start to heal you realized that hockey was really good to me," Boucha said.Boucha will visit 19 libraries throughout his tour.His next stop is in Cloquet on Tuesday, November 18th.