This absolutely awesome sport originated with the North American Indians. The french explorers of the Great Lakes area saw the Indians played it and named it la crosse after the french name for a bishop's crook, which is what the original sticks looked like.
Lacrosse came about, in the 1400's. Indians created this sport, they would play for days, over many miles. They played this for exercise, for something to do other than be at war, and to see which Indian was the strongest. Since this sport is contact, you had to be very strong. If you were not strong enough, you would eventually be injured, or give up. There are nicknames for this sport, one of them being, the most common, lax.
Lacrosse was started by the Cherokee Indians.
Woman started playing lacrosse in 1980.
A lacrosse game is started with a faceoff.
Lacrosse was first played by Indians as war training. Later on, lacrosse started to be played on the East Coast. It then started spreading all over the U.S. and other countries.
Lacrosse was first started by the native Americans. it is the oldest north American sport.
when lacrosse first started it was a native American sport, before English settlement. at that time there was no protection .
In the United States. The Native Americans first started Lacrosse. The French adopted it and took it to Canada. The Native Americans started is as an alternative to war.
a face off for the ball
In 1974-1975 was the original National Lacrosse League (NLL) which has no connection with the league of that name which exists today. Then the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) started in 1985. In 1987 there was the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League. It changed its name to the Major Indoor Lacrosse League, then later to the National Lacrosse League (NLL). Then Major League Lacrosse (MLL) started in 2001.
The Indians who first started playing lacrosse.
Indians started playing with stick branches and string, when they arrived in America
it was invented by the native Americans they called it little brother of war