![]() The first published reference to the game as “lacrosse” was in reports written in the 1630s by French missionaries living among the Huron-Wendat. The modern name, “ lacrosse,” has French origins. To Indigenous peoples, the game is spiritual and its rituals are a prominent component in creation stories, specifically for the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois). Lacrosse, the Creator’s Game, is known to various First Nations in North America by many different names, including baggataway (Algonquian), kabocha-toli (Choctaw) and tewaarathon (Mohawk). Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada/C-001959. Men from Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk Nation) at Kahnawà:ke who were the Canadian lacrosse champions in 1869. "Lacrosse: From Creator’s Game to Modern Sport," by Tabitha Marshall, and Jim Calder, Accessed March 27, 2022, Article published Last Edited May 30, 2017. ![]() "Lacrosse: From Creator’s Game to Modern Sport." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Lacrosse: From Creator’s Game to Modern Sport. The Canadian Encyclopedia,, Historica Canada. "Lacrosse: From Creator’s Game to Modern Sport".
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