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The game of Lacrosse was first used as a war game to settle disputes between tribes

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What did Iroquois Indian children play with?

lacrosse


What sports did the Iroquois play?

Some sports that the Iroquois played where snow snake.snow snake is when you take a big snake and draw a line in the snow and who ever finishes their line first wins. They also played darts when you trow a dart at a target or tree. The girls played with corn husk dolls that had no faces. Lastly the boys played lacrosse. They used a stick and a net to make a lacrosse stick. These are games the Iroquois played


Why do only the USA and Canada play lacrosse?

Lacrosse was originally a native american sport that the settlers of North America picked up and it morphed into the modern day sport. It was originally played by the Iroquois tribe and was called lacrosse by a French man who first called it the sticking French which is lacrosse.


Which was the first sport invented in the us?

lacrosse, in the 5th century by the iroquois tribe of native americans


What was the Iroquois inventions?

History of Lacrosse - The game of lacrosse was invented by the Native American tribes living around the St. Lawrence River in New York and Ontario, and was spread by the Huron and the Iroquois. They named the game after the ball, baggataway, (in the most common dialect).Lacrosse : An Iroquois Tradition - Lacrosse is pleasing to the Creator but it is also a rite sacred to the Thunders, the seven honored elders (Grandfathers) who move across the sky from west to east cleansing the earth with winds and rains.History of Lacrosse - The Cherokees called the sport "the little brother of war" because it was considered excellent military training. The Six Tribes of the Iroquois, in what is now southern Ontario and upstate New York, called their version of the game "baggataway" or "tewaraathon".