The Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy invented lacrosse 1,000 years ago

Memorial Day weekend is the culmination of the NCAA lacrosse season .

Some of the best to ever play the sport have been born and raised inside the Haudenosaunee Confederacy .

Lacrosse will feature in the Olympic Games for the first time since 1948 when the event takes place in Los Angeles in 2028 .

The International Olympic Committee has its reasons for including lacrosse in the games but excluding its creators.

The Haudenosaunee team refused to play for Canada or the U.S. in the 2028 Olympics .

The former president Joe Biden and former prime minister of Canada Justin Trudeau backed the Haudenoee ’s 2028 Olympic bid with a joint statement in January of this year .