The Iroquois National Lacrosse Team, pictured here , is composed of
players from the Haudenosaunee, the Six Nations of the Iroquois
Confederacy: Cayuga, Seneca, Oneida, Mohawk, Tuscarora, and Onondaga. 
Once called "baggataway," lacrosse began as a war-training exercise among
Indian tribes.  It was adopted and made into a sport by French settlers in
Canada in the 1800s.  In 1990, the Iroquois National Lacrosse Team
participated for the first time in the World Lacrosse Championships held
in Perth, Australia.  This photograph shows the team in 1989, when they
were winners of the Mayor's Trophy at the State University of New York at
Albany.