The Creator's Game
Subtitle: Lacross, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: May 25, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780774836029
Description: Lacrosse has been a central element of Indigenous cultures for centuries, but once non-Indigenous players entered the sport, it became a site of appropriation--then reclamation--of Indigenous identity. The Creator's Game focuses on the history of lacrosse in Indigenous communities from the 1860s to the 1990s, exploring Indigenous-non-Indigenous relations and Indigenous identity formation. While the game was being appropriated in the process of constructing a new identity for the nation-state of Canada, it was also being used by Indigenous peoples to resist residential school experiences, initiate pan-Indigenous political mobilization, and articulate Indigenous sovereignty. This engaging and innovative book provides a unique view of Indigenous self-determination and nationhood in the face of settler-colonialism--back cover.
Notes: Source title: The Creator's Game: Lacross, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood