[nativestudies-l] 10/4: Iroquois Nationals play Yale in evening lacrosse exhibition

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

Please circulate widely:

*Yale Bulldogs Hosting Iroquois Nationals on Oct. 4**
Reese Stadium Has 7 pm Exhibition*

The Yale men's lacrosse team opens its 2008-09 schedule on Oct. 4 by 
hosting the Iroquois Nationals in a 7 p.m. exhibition game at Reese 
Stadium. The price of admission is $5.

This will be the second straight fall that the Iroquois and Bulldogs 
have played. Last October in Madison, Conn., attacker Tyler Casertano 
'08 tallied four goals in a 12-6 Yale victory at the Surf Club's Strong 
Field.

The Iroquois Confederacy is credited with inventing the modern game of 
lacrosse, playing it long before Europeans came to North America. The 
modern international long-stick game was created by the Iroquois. 
Iroquois tribes are the indigenous people of areas in what is now New 
York State and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Also known 
as the Six Nations, the Confederacy consists of the Cayuga, Oneida, 
Onondaga, Mohawk, Seneca and Tuscarora tribes. The alliance created the 
first United Nations in North America and maintains the oldest 
continuously-operating government on the continent. In 1987, Congress 
recognized the contributions of the Iroquois people to the democratic 
principles of the U.S. Constitution.

A week later the Elis, led by captain Matt Aronson, host the 2008 
Christian Prince Memorial Tournament with Lafayette, Quinnipiac and 
Sacred Heart coming in for the four-game event. Admission is free but a 
$5 parking fee will go to the Christian Prince Scholarship Fund.

Directions to Reese Stadium:

*From Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways:*
Take Exit 57 (Route 34 East) directly to the Yale Fields, or take Exit 
59 (Whalley Avenue) and follow Yale Bowl Signs to the Yale Fields.

*From I-95:*
Take Eastbound Exit 44 or Westbound Exit 45 to Route 10 and follow Yale 
Bowl signs. Or, take Exit 47 (Downtown) and follow Route 34 to the Yale 
Fields.

*From Downtown New Haven:*
Go north on Chapel Street, then turn left on Derby Avenue (Route34) to 
the fields. From I-91: Take Exit 1 (Downtown) and follow Route 34 to the 
Yale Fields.

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