Nearly 1,000 years after lacrosse was first played across the Haudenosaunee confederacy, the sport will be on the Olympic schedule in 2028. Whether the Haudenosaunee, a collection of six Native American nations in upstate New York and adjacent sections of Canada, will have a spot in that tournament is still in question.
Lois Garlow of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team heads toward the sideline during a match against Canada at the World Games in Birmingham, Ala., July 24, 2022. Members of the Haudenosaunee are hopeful they will have a chance to play the sport their people invented when lacrosse returns to the Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles. Lois Garlow of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team plays during a match against Canada at the World Games in Birmingham, Ala., July 24, 2022.
“Growing up an Onondagan, when we had a game in our territory, the whole community came out,” said Leo Nolan, the executive director of the Haudenosaunee national team. “It’s a community spirit, not just a sport. It’s an integral part of who we are and what we’re about. How many other sports have that kind of wherewithal, something that really has a true meaning? I don’t know of many sports that have the same spiritual meaning that this has.
“I got a glimpse of it, and everybody else did, too,” one of the team’s founders, Rex Lyons, said in anabout the feeling of his people being included in a global competition. “We talked about having our ancestors standing right there beside us, and we said, ‘Look where lacrosse has taken us.’” An LA spokesperson said “together, we intend to find creative solutions that honor the sport’s heritage and allow participation for Haudenosaunee athletes, while respecting the Olympic Games framework established by the IOC.”“There’s a direct line from the origins of the game throughout their culture up to today where they still participate,” Scherr said. “It’s the only sport they participate in. We think it’s a unique circumstance in sports.
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