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lsandersonBid for Trophy Becomes a Test of Iroquois Identity
Jeremy Thompson and other members of the Iroquois Confederacy’s lacrosse team practiced at Wagner College on Staten Island.
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Published: July 12, 2010
Jeremy Thompson and other members of the Iroquois Confederacy’s lacrosse team practiced at Wagner College on Staten Island.
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Published: July 12, 2010
The Iroquois national lacrosse team was hoping to spend Monday getting acclimated in England as it prepared for its first game in this year’s world championships.
Instead, the team was stuck in a hotel in Midtown Manhattan, missing the visas needed to travel abroad. And the stakes are bigger than a game: what began late last week as a documentation dispute with the British consulate became on Monday a debate over American Indian sovereignty.
Playing international sports, it turns out, is a lot more complicated when players have to convince the State Department that their passports are legitimate. More
