Iroquois lacrosse team fights for recognition of sport
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The Iroquois Nationals are, once again, fighting to be included in international competition for the sport they invented.
Women’s lacrosse’s first appearance at the World Games was in Wroclaw, Poland, in 2017. Men’s lacrosse will be contested at the upcoming Games in Birmingham that were originally scheduled for 2021 but were delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic postponing the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. “We’re being very diplomatic about it, but at the same time we have to have a very aggressive voice,” Nolan said.Aidan Fearn, a player on the Iroquois Nationals, started an online petition to demand the team’s inclusion in the World Games. Failing that, he called on the lacrosse teams of other countries to boycott the event.
World Lacrosse issued a statement on Wednesday explaining that it recognizes and appreciates the contributions of the Haudenosaunee people to the sport but that the decision is out of its control. “When you see the medals that are won and Puerto Rico wins a couple they’re recognized as Puerto Rico, not as the United States,” Nolan said. “That’s the moral dilemma before a lot of the powers that be that are trying to make these decisions without our input, without consultation.”
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