Sports and passports

I myself am not a big sports fan or follower but one of the big news events involving lacrosse was the controversy surrounding the Iroquois League and their struggle to get to England on their Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) passports to play in the indigenous games. The team 20 strong ended up being stuck in limbo in New York City while the politicians fought over whether they as a sovereign nation were able to travel on their own identity documents or were required to travel on American Passports. In the end the team did not get to go because the team felt the American and British governments were undermining their rights. This incident hopefully brought a greater awareness to the nation and their struggles.

For more information please see the following article: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/07/spirits_of_iroquois_nationals.html