American Indian Lacrosse: Little Brother of WarTo understand the aboriginal roots of lacrosse, one must enter a world of spiritual belief and magic where players sewed inchworms into the innards of lacrosse balls and medicine men gazed at miniature lacrosse sticks to predict future events, where bits of bat wings were twisted into the stick's netting, and where famous players were—and are still—buried with their sticks. Here Thomas Vennum brings this world to life. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | |
PROLOGUE Carrier Dome Syracuse | |
Huron Country 1637 9 | |
How the Bat Got Its Wings 27 | |
Iroquois Country 1794 53 | |
The Bishops Crook and Other | |
Fort Michilimackinac 1763 83 | |
A Stake in the Game | |
Fort Gibson Indian Territory | |
The Indian Gallery 145 | |
APPENDIX A Lacrosse Legends 301 | |
APPENDIX B Indian Lacrosse Stick | |
NOTES 329 | |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE 341 | |
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 351 | |
The Overhead Flourish and The | |
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American Indian athletic Ball Play ball player Basina Beers began betting Big Cove Bossy box lacrosse boys Brant Canadian Catlin Cayuga centerfield century ceremonial Cherokee Ball Game Cherokee game chief clan club conjure-man conjurer Creek Dakota dance dress Eastern Cherokee English feathers field lacrosse Figure fire Fogelson Fort Michilimackinac George Catlin goal goalposts going ground guys hand head Huron Indian game Indian lacrosse Indian players interview transcript Iroquois James Mooney Jemison Joseph Brant lacrosse game lacrosse match lacrosse players lacrosse stick Lakes Le Mercier Makoons medicine Menominee Mercier midfield Mississippi Choctaw Mohawk non-Indian North America Odaawaa Ojibwe Onondaga opponent Oren Lyons Ozaagii painted Photograph playing lacrosse Potawatomi practice Red Jacket reservation ritual Ritzenthaler River score Seneca side sidelines southeastern southeastern tribes sport Stewart Culin stickmakers Swanton Syracuse teammates Thirsts-for-Stone throw tion took traditional tribes village wagered warriors wearing women wooden stick Yuchi