85.) The International Olympic Committee has just RE-APPROVED lacrosse as a metal event in the next 2028 Olympics. Create petitions and write to the International Olympic Committee that the Haudenosaunee Nationals must be allowed to play in the 2028 Olympics as a national team.(4 min. read)
In 2023, colonial politics do not belong in the International Olympics Committee. Lacrosse was previously in the 1904 and 1908 Olympics but was removed. The question of why, has never been answered by the IOC. Was lacrosse removed from the Olympics because an Indigenous team won metal for lacrosse. It has always been suspected by the Haudenosaunee People, that lacrosse was removed from the Olympics because an Indigenous team won gold metal. Was it because the IOC at that time, believed that the non-indigenous teams would never or hardly ever, be able to compete and win against the indigenous team. If this is true, that is clear racism. If not, then what was the reason. The 1904 Olympics were low in participation of sport competitors and audience attendance due to geopolitical circumstances. So if any sport was going to be dropped from the olympics, that decision should have waited until participation from the athletes and the audience got back to a normalized period. The 1904 Olym...