Our Lacrosse team is called the Lightning Sticks and has been playing for four years.  We have united with four other communities to revive the game of shinny/lacrosse in our communities of Yankton/Ihanktonwan, Lower Sioux/Cansayapi; Rosebud/Sicangu and Winnebago.  We have formed an intertribal team and have camps during the summer. We hope to form a Northern Plains League.

“Lacrosse was one of many varieties of indigenous stick ball games being played by American Indians at the time of European contact. Lacrosse may have developed as early as the 12th century in the Americas, and played a significant role in tribal community and spiritual life,” says the American Indian College Fund's website. “Originally these games, many of which lasted for days and included as many as 100 people rotating to play on each team, were said to have been played to give thanks to the Creator.”