The Iroquois Invented Lacrosse

[B00Mer]

The Iroquois Invented Lacrosse — But Their Team Was Deemed ‘Ineligible’ By The World Games

The Iroquois Are Fighting For A Spot At The Olympics To Play Lacrosse — A Sport They Invented

The Iroquois call lacrosse the medicine game and they've played it for centuries.

allthatsinteresting.com

 

[petros]

But the International World Games Association (IWGA) initially deemed the team ineligible because the Iroquois Nation isn’t recognized as a sovereign state and has no Olympic committee.

 

[petros]

Youd think they fall under Canada.

 

[B00Mer]

Youd think they fall under Canada.

you'd think so, yes.. unless Canada already has a team?

 

[petros]

Should be but did they enter the tourney?

 

[Aetheric]

good on the irish, and good on the iriquios to place third
another great example of what we are capable of together

According to native beliefs, lacrosse was originally a competition played between land and winged animals long before humans existed. Today, they still view the sport as a gift from the Creator.

this is interesting to me, history tends to be dammed far upstream, and we get the trickle they release

 

[Jinentonix]

I saw this story elsewhere a little while back. Good on the Irish team for giving their spot to the Iroquois team.

No "Olympic committee?" Wtf? It's not the friggin' Olympics man.

 

[petros]

There arent any Greeks on da Rez.