Sport | Lacrosse |
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Jurisdiction | Regional |
Abbreviation | FNLA |
Founded | 1983 |
Affiliation | Federation of International Lacrosse |
Affiliation date | 1987 |
Headquarters | Cornwall, Ontario |
President | Brian Phillips |
Men's coach | Rich Kilgour (WILC 2015) |
Women's coach | Regy Thorpe (U19 World Championship 2015) |
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First Nations Lacrosse Association (formerly Iroquois Lacrosse Association) is the governing body of lacrosse in First Nations.
Iroquois Nationals are the national team representing the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. First recognized by the Federation of International Lacrosse as a full member nation in 1987, the Nationals competed in their first tournament at the 1990 FIL World Lacrosse Championships, finishing fifth.
The Iroquois Nationals played host to the 2015 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championships for the first time in the tournament’s history. The event took place on Haudenosaunee Territories at Tsha’Hon’nonyen’dakhwa’ Onondaga Nation Arena and the Carrier Dome near Syracuse, as well as the First Niagara Center in Buffalo September 18–27, 2015.