PNW organization emphasizes lacrosse’s Indigenous roots

PNW organization emphasizes lacrosse’s Indigenous roots

Indigenous tribes, in what is now the northeastern U.S. and Canada, have played lacrosse for millennia. Similar stick-and-ball games were played by tribes across the Southeast and Great Lakes region. But according to NCAA data, less than 1% of college lacrosse players are American Indian or Alaskan Native, and more than 80% are white.Pacific Northwest Native Lacrosse is trying to change that. As reported in Willamette Week, the organization recr…