# @onpointbasketball on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CNbrWF9HEFW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15286181-onpointbasketball-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8849f33fae.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-04-09T04:51:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** OnPointBasketball (@DrewEbanks) — https://gondola.cc/DrewEbanks

## Caption

ON POINT: R.I.E.P. JADEN KAA'GE'ZHII'KOT 🙏🏾❤
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It is with great sadness and heavy hearts, that we announce the tragic loss of one of our own, brother Jaden Cyrus White Kaa’ge’zhii’kot, 22, passed into the spirit world on the morning of April 2, 2021.

Jaden (a.k.a. Kotty Kot or Big O) hails from the Ojibwe Naotkamegwanning (Ne-adikamegwaning) Anishinaabe First Nation. I cannot begin to describe Jaden or tell his story in this one post alone.

Jaden was a keen young learner and a powerful athlete, someone you'd want on your side. He was among the hardest working youths we've ever met. Coming from a rural First Nations reserve background, he endured hardships that our urban youths cannot imagine. Jaden went to school far from home, lived through privation, and never stop persevering through it all.

One of his proudest memories was when he was mentioned in the Toronto Star for his outstanding performance at one of our basketball tournaments. His small Naotkamegwanning First Nation community near Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls was ecstatic to see one of their own showcased for millions to see.

But tonight, we come to you wish a message too somber for just one family to bear. We come to you requesting more than words of kindness and solidarity. May the Almighty inspire us to gather our means to show love and support for Jaden's parents, Thomas and Arvel White.

#TBAFamily #onpointbasketball

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