American Indian Lacrosse: Little Brother of War

American Indian Lacrosse: Little Brother of War
by Thomas Vennum Jr.

American Indian Lacrosse: Little Brother of War
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Author: Thomas Vennum Jr.
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-03-17
ISBN: 1560983027
Number of pages: 376
Publisher: Smithsonian

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Book Review: A fine synthesis of native and sports history.
Summary: 5 Stars

Vennum's work covers a neglected aspect of North American history: the role of lacrosse in native culture. By examining varieties of the game played across the continent, Vennum demonstrates that it was more than just a sport. Lacrosse provided entertainment, served as a substitute for armed conflict (and sometimes was a precursor to it), and was part of native spirituality. Particularly fascinating is Vennum's ability to weave the sporting aspects of the game with the sociological. Also important is his investigation of how the majority culture has taken this game and turned into something completely different: with standardized plastic sticks and a for-profit motive for playing. By taking the story all the way to the present, the author reveals that to native Americans the game still means much more, although many nations no longer even know they once enjoyed playing the "fastest game on two feet." My only complaint, as a Canadian, is that Vennum appears not to know geography quite well, and he consistently refers to Canadian sites incorrectly. But, overall, this a wonderful book
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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.

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