Lacrosse is a team sport, originally played by the indigenous peoples of North America, played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick.

When originally played by native peoples it was known by several different names, depending on the tribe, including “bagataway” or “the little brother of war” in the Ojibwe language, and “tewaarathon” in the Mohawk language.

In the traditional aboriginal Canadian version, each team consisted of about 100 to 1,000 men on a field that stretched from about 500 meters to 3 kilometers long.

These lacrosse games lasted from sunup to sundown for two to three days straight.

These games were played as part of ceremonial ritual, a kind of symbolic warfare, to give thanks to the Creator or Master.

Via Wikipedia.