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Column: Haudenosaunee deserves a lacrosse team of its own at the 2028 Olympics
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Lois Garlow (18) of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team plays 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. - photo by AP Photo/Paul Newberry
They call it the “medicine game," which is a bit of a misnomer because lacrosse is more than just a game to the Haudenosaunee people. Much more. It's the spirit of their ancestors.