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Iroquois Nationals Name 2018 FIL World Men’s Championship Team

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NEDROW, NY – The Iroquois Nationals proudly announce the roster of players and coaches for the 2018 Iroquois Nationals Men’s Team competing in the 2018 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship from July 11 to 21, 2018 in Netanya, Israel. With 48 teams playing 175 games, the 2018 championship will be the largest ever. The FIL is comprised of 60 member-nations and hosts the FIL Men’s Lacrosse World Championship every four years.

Competing in the top Blue Division against five other countries, the Iroquois Nationals will face off against the United States, Canada, England, Scotland and Australia. The 2018 Iroquois Nationals Men’s World Team includes stand-out athletes with collegiate and professional experience including all four Thompson Brothers. The team roster displays confederacy strength showcasing athletes from each of the six Haudenosaunee Nations: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora. The team once again is traveling on Haudenosaunee passports.

Head Coach Mark Burnam said the Iroquois Nationals are hard at work this week honing their skills in preparation for their first game against Team USA on Thursday, July 12 at 8:30 pm.

“We have some of the finest athletes in the world competing on our team and we bring a lot of heart to the game with our traditions and competitive style. We’re proud of the team we’ve put together for the 2108 World Championship and we plan to play hard for our people.”

Coach Burnam is joined on the coaching staff by Assistant Coach Brett Bucktooth, Offensive Coordinator Scott Marr (UAlbany) and Defensive Coordinator Lars Tiffany (University of Virginia.) The 2018 Iroquois Nationals Men’s World Team is comprised of:
ATTACK – Austin Staats, Lyle Thompson, Ty Thompson, Tehoka Nanticoke, Randy Staats, Miles Thompson, Kyle Jackson

MIDFIELD – Brendan Bomberry, Hiana Thompson, Ron John, Jeremy Thompson, Frankie Brown, Mike Lazore, Oran Horn, Chase Scanlan

DEFENSE – Tyson Bomberry, Johnson Jimerson, Liam Anderson, Jerry Staats, Jake Fox, Taylor Smoke

GOAL – Warren Hill, Tyler Armstrong

Head Coach Mark Burnam (Haudenosaunee Mohawk Nation) has more than 30 years of coaching experience and played international and professional lacrosse for 16 years. Now a coach at IMG Academy, he played in the National Lacrosse League for 11 years, winning a

World Championship with the Buffalo Bandits. Burnam also competed in five consecutive FIL World Championships as a standout player on Iroquois Nationals and was Assistant Coach of the Bronze medal-winning U19 Iroquois Nationals that competed in Turku, Finland in 2012.

Assistant Coach Brett Bucktooth (Haudenosaunee Oneida Nation) joins the coaching staff after a decade playing professional lacrosse and as a longtime standout on the Iroquois Nationals. A graduate of Syracuse University, Brett played in the MLL for the Boston Cannons and Rochester Rattlers. He also was an All-Star in the NLL for the Buffalo Bandits and New England Black Wolves.

Scott Marr, Offensive Coordinator for the 2018 Iroquois Nationals World Team, currently serves as Head Coach at the University of Albany. Marr, now in his 19th year, is a six-time America East Coach of the Year, and has coached the Great Danes to nine America East Tournament titles, 10 appearances in the NCAA Tournament and six NCAA Tournament victories. Marr formerly coached team members Lyle Thompson, Miles Thompson, Ty Thompson and currently coaches Ron John at the University at Albany.

Defensive Coordinator for the Nationals is Lars Tiffany, Head Coach at the University of Virginia. Tiffany was head coach at Brown where he turned the program into one of the tops in the nation. Under Tiffany, Brown won four Ivy League titles and made three trips to the NCAA Tournament. Tiffany was the coach at Stony Brook for two years and an assistant at Penn State, Dartmouth, Washington & Lee and LeMoyne.

The team, management, board and coaching staff of the Iroquois Nationals are all members of the Haudenosaunee (except Marr and Tiffany.) Ansley Jemison is Executive Director, Scott Burnam is General Manager and Mark Martin is Assistant General Manager. As the originators of the game of lacrosse, the Iroquois Nationals take great pride in representing their nations at the world games. Please follow us on Facebook, Twitter @iroqnats2018 and Instagram @iroquoisnationals2018

Nyawenha,

Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Board of Directors

National Post: Their Game: Speed, talent and the weight of a nation: How one Six Nations kid is reclaiming lacrosse

Article via the National Post
By Joe O’Connor

The braid isn’t the first thing you notice watching him play.

Tehoka Nanticoke is big —more than six feet tall and 230 pounds — but moves lightly on his feet; darting in diagonals, flinging behind-the-back-passes, attracting defenders like ants to a sugar cube, only to somehow spin free.

That speed and talent is why lacrosse experts use terms like “mind-boggling,” “spectacular” and “wizard” when describing him. It’s why Tehoka has grabbed the attention of Sports Illustrated. It’s also why, after USA Today posted a goal he scored by firing the ball between his legs, it immediately went viral.

This fall, the focus on the 19-year-old will intensify at the University at Albany, where the standout from the Six Nations of the Grand River will be a freshman on one of the top college lacrosse teams in the United States. And, yes, there is the braid. Hanging down his back, swinging as he runs, signalling – and not by accident ­– that he is Mohawk.

“Our hair is part of our identity,” Tehoka says. “So I decided to grow mine out.”

Tehoka is from a family of activists. His grandparents were faith keepers –stewards of Mohawk culture, history and religion. His grandfather was involved in the protests at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. His mother spent a childhood summer at an occupation at Alcatraz Island. In his own way, Tehoka is just as political: He is reclaiming lacrosse from the rich white college boys who have dominated it for so long — and his future from all the obstacles young guys face on the Rez.

And while a gesture of Mohawk patriotism at a lacrosse game doesn’t have the reach of #takeaknee, Tehoka is aware he’s being watched. He knows failure isn’t an option.

Tehoka operates by a simple creed, he says, smiling, “Don’t f–k up.”

Read the complete article at the National Post

Goal of the Week: Watch Nationals Brendan Bomberry Score OT Winner

Iroquois Nationals are proudly posting a “Huge Goal of the Week” video by Iroquois Nationals team member Brendan Bomberry, Haudenosaunee: Mohawk Nation, Six Nations community. This is an overtime goal by Brendan at the JHU vs SU game on 2-18-17. Brendan is a recent transfer from University of Denver to Syracuse University and is an Iroquois Nationals 2012 U19 and a 2014 Men’s Field Lacrosse National Team member.


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Lacrosse’s LeRoy Halftown wants to set example for Native American youth

Article via NYIT Athletics

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. — Two weeks into his Division II men’s lacrosse career, junior LeRoy Halftown already has a significant achievement on his résumé. Halftown produced seven goals against the District of Columbia on Saturday, the most in a single game by an NYIT player in four years, and three shy of matching the school record shared by Pete Doyen (1995) and Joel Cocarel (2001).

No understatement, the 22-year-old Halftown was born for such moments. A proud member of the Seneca Nation, one of six Native American nations that form the Iroquois Confederacy, Halftown started playing box lacrosse, also known as indoor lacrosse, at two years old.
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IROQUOIS NATIONALS ANNOUNCE 2016 U-19 WIL ROSTER

Haudenosaunee June 30, 2016 – The Iroquois Nationals are proud to announce the Final Roster of 27 players for the 2016 Federation of International Lacrosse’s U-19 World Field Lacrosse Championships. This year Canada serves as FIL’s 2016 Nation host as was the Haudenosaunee Nation in 2015.

The Iroquois Nationals roster includes a perfect balance of collegiate, prep school, and high school athletes representing Native American territories.  These 27 indigenous youth lacrosse players will participate in the Under 19 World Lacrosse Championships held in Coquitlam, British Columbia on July 7 – July 16, 2016.
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Emerson Shenandoah and Jade Haumann: 2016 Tewaaraton High School Scholarships Winners

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2016 — The Tewaaraton Foundation press release has announced the recipients of the tenth annual Tewaaraton Native American Scholarships. The 2016 scholarship winners are Jade Haumann, Seneca Nation, Wolf Clan and Emerson Shenandoah of the Mohawk Nation, Snipe Clan. The scholarship honors high school students of Haudenosaunee heritage who exemplify high character, leadership, and academics both on and off the lacrosse field.
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IROQUOIS NATIONALS AlUMNI AND THE NLL ROCHESTER KNIGHTHAWKS

The Iroquois Nationals is proud to acknowledge alumni players and staff who participate in the National Lacrosse League. The Rochester Knighthawks have 8 current players and including alumni player, Curt Styres, Rochester Knighthawks Owner and General Manager, and Andy Secore, Assistant Coach. Also the Iroquois Nationals have alumni staff of Jason Johnson, Assistant Coach and Dave Soudan, Equipment Manager for the Hawks.

In a press release of April 21, 2016, the Rochester Knighthawks announced today that they will hold their annual Native American Night on Saturday, April 23rd. It will be a celebration of the Creator’s Game when the Knighthawks host the Buffalo Bandits at 8:00 p.m. at Connors & Ferris Field at The Blue Cross Arena.

“When I play, I think of it as more than a game,” said Knighthawks forward Cody Jamieson, an Iroquois Nationals stand out. “I don’t just go out there and think this is just a game of lacrosse. It’s a way of life. You have to play it right and play it for its purpose. It’s what I am here to do. It’s energy, emotion and passion. It’s everything.”
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