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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eddie Pells

President Joe Biden and the White House support Indigenous lacrosse team for the 2028 Olympics

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

President Joe Biden is pushing to allow the Indigenous nation that invented lacrosse to play under its own flag when the sport returns to the Olympics in 2028.

Biden's position, being announced Wednesday at the White House Tribal Nations Summit, is a request for the International Olympic Committee to allow the Haudenosaunee Nationals to compete as its own team at the Los Angeles Games.

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