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Community lacrosse game at Lake Harriet

Community game at Lake Harriet. Photograph by John Hunter, 2017.

Community lacrosse game in Minneapolis

Community lacrosse game at Nokomis Park, Minneapolis. Photograph by John Hunter, 2015.

Lacrosse game on White Bear Lake

Lacrosse game on White Bear Lake. Photograph by David Joles, 2016.

Ball Play (La Crosse)

Ball Play (La Crosse). Lithograph by George Catlin, undated (1966.48.69). Art collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

Painting of a lacrosse game by Seth Eastman

Oil-on-canvas painting of a lacrosse game among a group of Dakota by Seth Eastman, 1851.

Ballplay of the Dakota on the St. Peters River in winter

Ballplay of the Dakota on the St. Peters River in Winter, 1848. Seth Eastman (1808–1875). Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.

Native Americans with lacrosse sticks

Native Americans with lacrosse sticks. Plate 21 in Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio (1966.48.68).

Drawing of a lacrosse game, 1851

Frank B. Mayer collection of sketchbooks, drawings, and oil paintings of Sioux Indians during the 1851 treaty negotiations at Traverse des Sioux and Mendota. From the Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection.

Traditional Native American Lacrosse in Minnesota

Known as one of the continent’s oldest team sports, lacrosse was invented by Native American nations that played the game for social, political, and ceremonial purposes. Today, in Minnesota, Native Americans continue to play lacrosse in the same manner and on the same fields as they have for over 400 years.

Relatives and friends of Solomon Wells (Tatanka Maza) and Mary Wells (Iha Ho Waste Win), Prairie Island

Relatives and friends of Solomon and Mary Wells at Prairie Island Indian Community, August 6, 1950.

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