Today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. So here’s some history you may not know about.
Lacrosse is a colonial version of a Native American game called Dehoñtjihgwa’és.
The French condemned it as too violent and noted it fostered the indigenous religions they sought to eradicate. Lacrosse is a lighter, white people’s version.
More on its history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_lacrosse
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