https://enjoyer.com/taffy-abel-americas-first-winter-olympic-flag-bearer/
"The secret that came out long after his playing days ended was this: Taffy Abel was a Native American. He was a member of the Ojibwe Sault Ste. Marie tribe on his mother's side, but his parents hid that fact when he was a child because they didn't want Taffy and his sister to be forcibly sent to an Indian Boarding School..."