The Iroquois Nation (an Indigenous group located within the US and Canada) has its own National Lacrosse team, which plays as a country in the Lacrosse World Cup.

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AceofNitwits1991 on June 20th, 2021 at 23:47 UTC »

IIRC they also are the only Native American tribe to travel on their own tribal passports as well.

Shitter-was-full on June 21st, 2021 at 01:09 UTC »

They arguably have the best player in the world right now (Lyle Thompson) and he could go down as one of the greatest ever.

hodorspot on June 21st, 2021 at 02:06 UTC »

That’s pretty dope. Wasn’t lacrosse originally a Native American game and the rest of the world adopted it?