By Connor Pignatello Lacrosse is coming to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, but there’s already a complicated and emotional storyline playing out: Will the Haudenosaunee Confederacy – the originators of the thousand-year-old sport – be included when lacrosse returns to the Olympics? It’s the subject of a decades-long bureaucratic, diplomatic and moral negotiation. If this … [Read more...] about Haudenosaunee’s quest: Lacrosse will make the 2028 LA Olympics. Will the game’s creators?
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President Biden supports Nationals Olympic bid at Tribal Nations Summit
Washington, DC - On December 6th at the 2023 Tribal Nations Summit, President Biden announced his support for the inclusion of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California. The Nationals has always played under the sovereigty of the Haudenosaunee and their passports. In 2015 the Nationals hosted the World Championships at the … [Read more...] about President Biden supports Nationals Olympic bid at Tribal Nations Summit
A Special Moment: Haudenosaunee Spread Message at The World Games
USA LACROSSE MAGAZINE KENNY DEJOHN BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Aaron Cahill and Jeremy Thompson embraced. Both wore ear-to-ear smiles. Thompson and the Haudenosaunee were readying for Group B play in The World Games. Cahill and Ireland were not. That’s because the Haudenosaunee likely would not have been there without Ireland’s selflessness. Once the International World … [Read more...] about A Special Moment: Haudenosaunee Spread Message at The World Games