Nobody is quite sure when the game of Lacrosse was first played. The game dates back to the Indian times, with the Ojibwa, Mohawk, Iroquois, and Choctaw tribes. The game was played in fields, with no boundaries and no padding of any kind. In the game, the only rules were you couldn't use your hands. Women were not allowed to play lacrosse, as the game often got very physical. Goals were spread anywhere from a half a mile, to several miles apart. There could be anywhere from 50 to 1000 people playing at a time.
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Depends on what you mean by the first game. The first college games was played in 1887 between new york university and Manhattan college. There is no written record of a first game but lacrosse was played by the Native Americans for hundreds of years
Lacrosse was originated by the Native Americans in North America. They have been playing this sport for a few hundred years now.
The sport of lacrosse first started as a war game. It was used to settle disputes between Native American tribes.