Why read The Creator's Game?

Book cover of The Creator's Game: Lacrosse, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood

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Lacrosse has been a central element of Indigenous cultures for centuries, but once non-Indigenous players entered the sport, it became a site of appropriation - then reclamation - of Indigenous identities. The Creator's Game focuses on the history of lacrosse in Indigenous communities from the 1860s to the 1990s, exploring…

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Jason Wilson and Richard M. Reid

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