The coach, Scott Marr, gets what the game means to Indigenous players – and what they can do for him. In a game against an elite prep school in Pennsylvania an opposing player spat, “Go back to the reservation, you f–king savage.” He also heard slags like “Get a haircut, you faggot.”I want to spread the medicine of this game and everything that comes with itThe schedule is intense. Tehoka is the ninth Indigenous player on his team. He is arguably the most gifted lacrosse player on the planet. Last November, Thompson loaded his car with lacrosse sticks and drove 30 hours to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to organize a medicine game for the Dakota pipeline protestors.

Source: National Post October 19, 2017 14:04 UTC