The clinic, also sponsored by the Seventh Generation Fund, will be spotlighted in a future issue of National Lacrosse magazine, published by the U.S. Lacrosse Association.
Iroquois National coaches and players will be teaching the skills, techniques, history and spirit of the sport on the HSU campus, joined by HSU Sociology Professor Tony Silvaggio, men’s lacrosse coach and mentor of the university’s Lacrosse Club.
The Iroquois program provides cultural and historical education in lacrosse, fundamentals of the sport, and instruction in healthy eating and other living habits. Parents and coaches are invited to attend the HSU clinic.
Native Americans first played the game in what is now Southern Quebec and Ontario, Canada, as well as in New England and the Great Lakes region. Lacrosse matches took place at harvest time to celebrate the changing of the seasons.
The Iroquois Lacrosse Program provides interactive instructional and leadership sessions in box, field and indoor lacrosse.
The Northern California Lacrosse Foundation is a regional chapter of U.S. Lacrosse, the sport’s national governing body. The foundation is an independent non-profit that supports the regional growth of lacrosse with start-up loans, scholarships, loaner equipment, and coaching and officiating development programs through leagues, clubs, and teams and related organizations on the North Coast.
Humboldt State Lacrosse fields both men’s and women’s collegiate club lacrosse programs, under the leadership of Coach Silvaggio.
HSU’s Center for Indian Community Development provides services to American Indian communities in Northern California. It coordinates the work of linguists, curriculum specialists, teachers, students, and Tribes, to document and buttress Indian languages and culture. The center supports relevant publications, language classes, workshops and the services of expert consultants.
The Seventh Generation Fund is an Indigenous non-profit that provides an integrated program of advocacy, small grants, training and technical assistance, media experience and fiscal management for Indigenous grassroots communities.