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In the beginning ...

Lacrosse was one of many varieties of stick ball games played by the American Indians at the time of European invasion. Lacrosse was given its name by  French settlers, using the generic term for any game played with a curved stick and a ball.

 Native terminology describes more of the technique, "men hit a rounded object" rather than the game's aspects of war surrogacy .There is no evidence of non-Indians taking up the game until the mid-nineteenth century, when English speaking travelers  adopted the Mohawk game they were familiar with  and attempted to "civilize" the sport with a new set of rules and organize into amateur clubs. American teams today use lacrosse head of the lightest and strongest construction.

 Once the game quickly grew in popularity in Canada, it began to be exported throughout the Commonwealth. Non-native teams traveled to Europe for exhibition matches against Iroquois players but because Indians had to charge money in order to travel, they were excluded as "professionals" from international competition for more than a century. Only with the formation of the Iroquois Nationals in the 1980s did they successfully break this barrier and become eligible to compete in World Games.

A number of factors led to the demise of lacrosse in many areas by the late nineteenth century. Wagering on games had always been  integral to an Indian community's involvement, but when betting and violence saw an increase as traditional Indian culture was eroding, it sparked opposition to lacrosse from government officials and missionaries. The games were felt to interfere with church attendance and the wagering to have an impoverishing effect on the Indians. When Oklahoma Choctaw began to attach lead weights to their sticks around 1900 to use them as skull-crackers, the game was outright banned. More injuries led to the development of lacrosse helmets and protective gear for the players safety.

Meanwhile, the spread of nonnative lacrosse from the Montreal area eventually led to its position today worldwide as one of the fastest growing sports (more than half a million players), controlled by official regulations and played with manufactured rather than hand-made equipment, more protective equipent with hand protection from make lacrosse gloves the game safer for the players. Men's lacrosse handles are lighter and stronger than ever. While the Great Lakes traditional game died out by 1950, the Iroquois and southeastern tribes continue to play their own forms of lacrosse.

 The lacrosse game of women today most closely resembles the Indian game of the past, however, women's lacrosse handles today are lighter. Women's protective gear consists only of eye protection whereas men's lacrosse equipment is full gear.