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Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane

Lacrosse: The National Game of the Iroquois

32 pp. | Holiday | January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-8234-1360-8

(2) 4-6 Photographs by Lawrence Migdale. Thirteen-year-old Monte Lyons, an "American Indian citizen of the Onondaga Nation," and his family serve as a springboard for an in-depth look into the little-known origins of the game of lacrosse. Full-color action photos dominate the spreads and depict various aspects of the sport. A concise, descriptive text provides a colorful understanding of the history of lacrosse, seamlessly woven into a general history of the Iroquois Confederacy. Glos., ind.

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