How can a lacrosse stick and trophy connect with Indigenous ways of knowing and being?

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Carved moose antler depicting Waneek Horn-Miller competing in water polo at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The bear on the antler is representative of Waneek being from the Bear Clan.

Courtesy of Waneek Horn-Miller.

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Lacrosse sticks were originally made of hickory wood with the netting made of deer sinew and also included hawk feathers to bring strength of vision and wolf fur to bring speed and agility.
Courtesy of the Gaylord Powless Family.