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. |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Iroquois Country 1794 | |
Ballistas and Cannonshot | |
Fort Michilimackinac 1763 83 | |
The Overhead Flourish and The | |
NOTES 329 | |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE 341 | |
Fort Gibson Indian Territory | |
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