Indigenous Education Resources for Students

This article describes the history and Indigenous origins of lacrosse and the evolution of the modern game. Be sure to watch the embedded video "The Stickmaker".

Lacrosse is known to various First Nations in North America by many different names. "To Indigenous peoples, the game is spiritual and its rituals are a prominent component in creation stories, specifically for the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)." (article)

This CBC article, which includes a 20-minute audio interview, describes 'The Creator's Game: Lacrosse, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood', a book about the history of lacrosse in Indigenous communities and how it's contributed to Indigenous identity formation.

This special 54-minute episode from CBC Radio takes a look at lacrosse, also called The Creator's Game. Learn about the origins of lacrosse and its spiritual connection.

Long before Canada became a country, every nation on Turtle Island had its own unique version of a stick-ball game. The most popular one on this continent has always been lacrosse, a game that was gifted to the First Nations by the birds and four-legged animals, and played for centuries as a medicine game.