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Deyhontsigwa’ehs-The Creator’s Game, Lacrosse Weekend
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Lacrosse Weekend Flyers
Deyhontsigwa’ehs-The Creator’s Game, Lacrosse Weekend Thursday 28 September through Sunday 1 October, 2017 Onondaga Nation, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York Download the Deyhontsigwa’ehs-The Creator’s Game Lacrosse Flyer by Vincent Ricasio. Artwork... Read More
The 2017 Lacrosse All-Stars Box Tourney
The 2017 LASNAI will take place on September 28th, 29th, and 30th. The tourney is heading back to Tsha’ Thoñ’nhes (also known as the Onondaga Nation Fieldhouse), which was built for the 2015... Read More
Behind the Scenes of Spirit Games: Pride of a Nation
Checking out this fascinating behind the scenes video with Thompson Brothers Lacrosse, Jim Brown, and Oren Lyons at the World Premiere of Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation iTunes. Featured image via laxallstars.com Read More
Spirit Game Documentary now Available on iTunes
About the Film The Iroquois Confederacy, known more traditionally as the Haudenosaunee, was given the game of Lacrosse as a gift from the Creator. It is in their cosmology. Lacrosse was believed to... Read More
Deyhontsigwa’ehs-The Creator’s Game, Lacrosse Weekend
Thursday 28 September through Sunday 1 October, 2017 Onondaga Nation, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York A unique and exciting weekend of events is happening in Central New York celebrating the origins of... Read More
Hiawatha Belt
Recently, Tom Porter, Tadodaho Sid Hill, and Ken Maracle returned the original Hiawatha Belt (Hayenhwátha’), which is over 1,000 years old, to its birthplace at Onondaga Lake located in Central New York. Read More
Onondaga Lake South Shoreline
Onondaga Lake is a sacred site for the Haudenosaunee. However, the lake is also a highly polluted Superfund site. Read More