SEP 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Great Spirit
3 Feb 2017
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Diversity among native american settlements in north america, but all engaged in physical play and games. Lacrosse: oldest north american sport, close ties to native american history. As one mohawk elder wrote, our grandfather told us that lacrosse was played for the enjoyment of the great spirit; everyone was important, no matter how big or small, or how strong or how weak. Colonists (sixteenth eighteenth centuries) in north america no formally organized sports, limited by: limited leisure time: basic survival tasks, how much spare time did people have in those days, church: puritan restrictions on amusement. Your life in colonial america you worked dawn until dusk to survive, or prepare for survival. If you weren"t doing one of those things you were at church. If you happened to be in a social setting, around other people, they were likely family members, or people you had known your whole life.
