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H is to ry o f L A X h ow d oes t h e o uts id e w orld 0 :0 3 v ie w l a cro sse 0 :0 8 i t 's e xclu siv e i t 's e xp ensiv e 0 :1 2 i t w asn 't a lw ays t h at w ay i t 's w hit e 0 :1 6 i t 's n ot a ll w hit e i t 's t h e b oys c lu b 0 :2 0 l a cro sse i s a s p ort f o r e ve ry o ne l e t m e 0 :2 3 t e ll y o u 0 :2 4 o ur s to ry t h e s to ry o f t h e h uda r o sh oni 0 :2 7 t h at i s o ur t r a dit io nal n am e t o day m ost 0 :2 9 p eople 0 :3 0 k n ow u s a s t h e i r o quois H is to ry 0 :3 3 [ M usic ] 0 :3 4 l a cro sse i s t h e o ld est t e am s p ort o n o ur 0 :3 7 c o ntin ent 0 :3 8 t h e h ada n osh one p eople w ere f ir s t g iv e n 0 :4 0 t h is g am e 0 :4 1 o ve r a t h ousa nd y e ars a go a s a g if t f r o m 0 :4 3 t h e c re ato r 0 :4 5 i t w as g iv e n t o u s a s a m edic in e g am e a 0 :4 8 c e re m onia l g am e w as c a lle d t o h eal a 0 :5 0 s ic k 0 :5 1 m ake p eace a m ong n atio ns a nd t o h ave f u n 0 :5 5 w e h ad n o r e fe re es i t w as a c e re m ony 0 :5 9 g am e p la ye d w it h t h e w ooden s tic k 1 :0 1 m ade f r o m t h e h ic ko ry t r e e r e pre se ntin g 1 :0 4 a ll p la nt l if e t h e n et w as m ade f r o m t h e 1 :0 7 s in ew o f t h e d eer 1 :0 9 r e pre se ntin g a ll a nim als t h e w ooden 1 :1 2 s tic k 1 :1 3 r e pre se nte d o ur c o nnectio n t o t h e 1 :1 5 n atu ra l w orld 1 :1 7 t h is g am e c o nnects u s t o t h e e arth h is 1 :2 0 s tic k i s p ut i n o ur c ra dle b oard 1 :2 2 w hen w e a re b orn a nd w e a re b urie d w it h 1 :2 5 o ur s tic k w hen w e d ie 1 :2 7 w e w ill c a rry o ur s tic k i n to t h e n ext 1 :2 9 w orld t o p la y w it h o ur a nce sto rs 1 :3 1 w ho a re w ait in g f o r u s 1 :3 5 w hen w e p la y c o m petit iv e l a cro sse w e 1 :3 7 c a rry t h e v a lu es o f t h e m edic in e g am e 1 :4 0 o nto t h e f ie ld a nd i n to t h e b ox 1 :4 3 w e a re t h e o rig in ato rs o f t h is g am e 1 :4 6 i t i s o ur w ay o f l if e f o r o ur 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