WHO WAS TOM LONGBOAT? IROQUOIS RUNNER CELEBRATED IN GOOGLE DOODLE

Today’s Google Doodle celebrates Tom Longboat, one of Canada’s greatest sportsmen and the first First Nations member to win the Boston Marathon.

Born on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada in 1887, Longboat was a member of the Onondaga Nation whose Iroquois name was Cogwagee, meaning "everything."

As an amateur racer, Longboat only lost three races and won the 1907 Boston Marathon just two years after he entered his first competitive race in Caledonia.