[2] Early in his life he was awarded the Tom Longboat Medal as Best Indian Athlete in Saskatchewan for his contributions to his junior baseball and midget and juvenile hockey teams,[3] along with track and field and basketball, and continued to receive awards from his community for contributions through his lifetime.
[8] though Zeman, et al., report him as being from Piapot[9] as does the Cowichan News Leader, commenting he came "from a humble start in Fort Qu’Appelle, Sask.
Strongeagle went on to attend Saskatoon Business College,[1] then the University of Ottawa, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1973.
[10] Zeman, et al. report that the first native high school and sports were introduced in 1948 by Father Paul Piechet.
[9] In contrast, Sister Marcoux reports that Mr. Ed Doll started building the juvenile hockey team in 1946.
An AFOA Saskatchewan presentation including multiple photos offers the following information:[8] Managed Kinookimaw Resort (date unknown).
[25] In 2007 he was reported as being President of the Aboriginal Financial Services Corporation, Director of Many Nations Benefit Cooperative Ltd., and "the first lay-bencher for the Law Society of Saskatchewan.
"[1][10] Also in 2007 he was also reported as being "Executive Director of Finance and Administration of the Institute of Indigenous Government in Vancouver, BC"[3] and on the "AFN Indian Residential Schools Advisory Committee.