What began as stickball, a native American Indian contest played by tribal warriors for training, recreation and religious reasons, has developed over the years into the interscholastic, professional, and international sport of lacrosse.
https://worldlacrosse.sport/about-world-lacrosse/origin-history/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxM5mcuCR8M
https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=history_theses
Iroquois Lacrosse
https://www.facebook.com/TeamIroquoisLacrosse/
13th Annual Tewaaraton Award Celebration, The Year of the Mohawk
Where traditional team sport participation is declining, the rise of the girls’ lacrosse has been meteoric.
https://www.heartlandcollegesports.com/2020/09/19/womens-lacrosse-a-new-trend-in-the-usa/
International Lacrosse
https://laxallstars.com/lacrosse-is-played-where-a-world-map-of-international-lacrosse/
https://worldlacrosse.sport/events/world-rankings/
https://www.leagueathletics.com/Page.asp?n=32325&org=denvercitylax.com
The “cross” has changed
Wooden sticks -then and now
https://www.sutori.com/story/evolution-of-lacrosse-sticks--BrFdaPiGpgVD2tNLvdwiddR1
https://woodlacrossesticks.com/
Going Strong on Akwesasne
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/mohawk-lacrosse-still-going-strong-on-akwesasne/21073
Growing and Growing
https://www.nvlax.org/page/show/3277295-lacrosse-growth-news-on-the-growth-of-the-sport
https://www.athleticbusiness.com/programming/lacrosse-increasing-in-popularity-in-midwest.html
Haudenosaunee Women Lacrosse Players: Making Meaning and Embodying Sovereignty
Wall Ball: Tried and true
http://www.stealthlacrosse.com/Page.asp?n=151971&org=girlylax.org
Grand Challenge: Valuing World Cultures
ERC Grand Challenges: For project design, for inquiry, for activism
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