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THE INCIDENT REPORT: Three Native American Teams Expelled from League (SD)

Lacrosse was played by Native American nations across North America long before it was colonized by Europeans. But despite Native people’s historical and cultural connection to the game, they were periodically banned from playing before the 1973 American Indian Religious Freedom Act restored Native peoples’ right to practice religious and cultural ceremonies. Native Americans who play and coach lacrosse today have recent ancestors who were forced to play in secret.

THE INCIDENT REPORT: Virginia Tech Women’s Team Sings N-word (VA)

A Racial Slur in a White Sport. Virginia Tech’s women’s lacrosse team has come under fire for singing a song with a repeated racial slur, leading many to say the incident highlights a lack of diversity in the game.

THE INCIDENT REPORT: Black Players Bullied Off Team at Long Beach Poly HS (CA)

The White Barrier to Entry in Lacrosse Effect: A Coach’s Perspective on Racism in Lacrosse. Dear US Lacrosse, It has taken me a lot of deliberation to draft and send this email. I have thought and paced over it for months. How will the audience receive this message? How will the lacrosse community react? Will it be defensive? Or worse, Will no one care? After all, the lacrosse community is, mostly, white.

THE INCIDENT REPORT: Racist Marymount California University President Sabotages Lacrosse

In 2016, Coach Roger Perez took over the lacrosse program at Marymount California University, a Catholic university in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The program was on its last leg, and the University agreed to bring Perez on as an Interim Head Coach. erez quickly went to work, despite the unusual challenges he faced. The administration took away fields, as the University’s president divested real estate, among other assets.