Haudenosaunee Games

1. Long ago, snowsnakes were used for ___.
6. Lacross was considered to be a gift from the ___
7. Strength and __ are important qualities to win the game.
8. The ___ is three feet long.
10. Lacrosse players often asked the Creator for speed and ___
13. They were thrown along frozen rivers and ___ to deliver messages between winter camps.
14. A Native American game played with long sticks that had nets on one side.
16. The ____ Jesuits called the game “la crosse” because it was played with a long stick, which they called a crosse.
17. A winter sport played by teams of men and boys in Haudenosaunee communities.

2. Before playing a game there is a community blessing where ceremonial ___ is placed into a fire.
3. The ___ is seven feet long.
4. The team that throws its sticks the ___ wins the game.
5. Teams compete against each other by throwing a long, _____, spear-like stick, called a snowsnake, down the length of a snow track.
6. Each team, called a ____, is allowed a limited number of throws.
9. The Haudonosaunee name for Lacrosse
11. Tewaarathon, which means “they bump ____.”
12. Teams could have from a handful to _____ of players.
15. The best players can throw a stick more than a ____ down the track.
18. Each player coats his stick with a special ___ that makes the stick travel farther.