Rush continue to honour Indigenous tradition with new ceremony this season – TSN
by pmnationtalk on February 2, 202329 Views
Lacrosse and Indigenous peoples. A blanket ceremony and land acknowledgement. Respect and reconciliation.
These star-crossed connections can be found at every Saskatchewan Rush home game this season.
“Being part of an organization like the Rush that shows respect and a move towards reconciliation with First Nations and Indigenous peoples is great,” says Rush forward Marshall Powless who is from Oshweken, a Six Nations community in southern Ontario.
It started with Saskatchewan’s past Indigenous players and the NLL team’s initial involvement with local First Nations in 2016 when the franchise moved to Saskatoon from Edmonton.
It continued last season when the Rush introduced a pregame land acknowledgment of Treaty 6 territory and the league launched its first Every Child Matters campaign as part of the NLL Unites initiative.
“I love that they acknowledge the land that we are fortunate enough to play the game of lacrosse on and to hopefully educate at least one person in the stands who may not have known prior to attending a game,” Powless says.
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