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American Indian Lacrosse

Name: American Indian Lacrosse
Brand: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780801887642
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Little Brother of War

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By Thomas Vennum
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: March 15, 2008
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 376

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To 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.

Acknowledgements
Preface
Prologue Carrier Dome, Syracuse University, 21 May 1989
1. Huron Country, 1637
2. ""How the Bat Got Its Wings""
3. Iroquois Country, 1794
4. The Bishop's Crook and Other Misnomers
5. Ballistas and Cannonshot
6. Fort Michilimackinac, 1763
7. A Stake in the Game
8. The Overhead Flourish"" and ""The Pounce""
9. Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, 1834
10. ""The Indian Gallery""
11. Breechclouts and Bare Feet
12. Cherokee Reservation
13. Little Brother of War
14. ""It's a Toss-up""
15. Montreal, 1866
16. ""Lo, the Poor Mohawk""
Epilogue Niagara-Wheatfield High School, 1991
Appendix A Lacrosse Legends
Appendix B Indiana Lacrosse Stick Making
Notes
Bibliographic Note
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index

""An interesting recount of the various ways that Indians utilized the game in their cultural, social, and curative worlds.""

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