First Nations Lacrosse Association
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| Sport | Lacrosse |
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| Jurisdiction | National |
| Abbreviation | FNLA |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Affiliation | Federation of International Lacrosse |
| Affiliation date | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Cornwall, Ontario |
| President | Brian Phillips |
| Men's coach | Rich Kilgour (2015 WILC) |
| Women's coach | Ashley Pike (2017 WLWC) |
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First Nations Lacrosse Association (formerly Iroquois Lacrosse Association) is the governing body of lacrosse for First Nations within Canada and Native American tribes within the United States. The First Nations Lacrosse Association (FNLA) oversees five national teams, the Iroquois men's national lacrosse team, the Iroquois men's national under-19 lacrosse team, the Haudenosaunee women's national lacrosse team, the Haudenosaunee women's national under-19 lacrosse team, and the Iroquois national indoor lacrosse team. These teams are recognized by the Federation of International Lacrosse for international competition, making them the only indigenous peoples' national teams sanctioned in any sport.
The men's teams are known as the Iroquois Nationals and the women's teams the Haudenosaunee Nationals. Iroquois is the name for the Iroquois people originated by European colonists and Haudenosaunee is their name in their own Iroquoian languages.
FNLA also sanctions three men's box lacrosse leagues, Can-Am Senior B Lacrosse League, Three Nations Senior Lacrosse League, and First Nations Junior B Lacrosse League.
The Iroquois Nationals men's lacrosse team was formed and sanctioned by the Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee in 1983 in preparation of friendlies at the NCAA championship in Baltimore, Maryland. The Nationals lost to Syracuse Orange 28-5 and Hobart College 22-14. Prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics, the Nationals held the Jim Thorpe Memorial Games and Pow-Wow, a 6-team event with local and international teams in Los Angeles. The nationals achieved their first victory over the national team of England. The following year, using their Haudenosaunee passports, the Nationals traveled and toured England losing only once.
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