Iroquois Nationals
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Representing Iroquois 
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| World Indoor Lacrosse Championship | ||
| 2nd | 2003 World Indoor | |
| 2nd | 2007 World Indoor | |
| 2nd | 2011 World Indoor | |
| 2nd | 2015 World Indoor | |
| World Lacrosse Championship | ||
| 3rd | 2014 World | |
| Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships | ||
| 3rd | 1996 U19 World | |
| 3rd | 2008 U19 World | |
| 3rd | 2012 U19 World | |
| 3rd | 2016 U19 World | |
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| Nike Cup | ||
| 1st | 2015 Nike Cup | |
The Iroquois Nationals are the national lacrosse team of the Six Nations/Iroquois and compete in international competition. The team was first admitted to the International Lacrosse Federation in 1987. It is the only First Nations team sanctioned to compete in any sport internationally and is typically ranked among the top five in world lacrosse.
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 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.
After being denied membership by the ILF to compete in the 1986 World Games in Canada, the Iroquois hosted the teams for preliminary games at the University of Buffalo. The following year, the IFL accepted the Iroquois as a full member nation.
The Iroquois Nationals took part in their first international competition at the 1990 World Lacrosse Championships, finishing fifth. The first FIL sanctioned U17 box lacrosse friendly took place between the Iroquois Nationals and Team Canada during the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship.
In 2006, the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Program signed a partnership with Nike, Inc. in which Nike will provide the Nationals with their brand uniforms, clothing, footwear, and other equipment. The company is to develop programs to "promote wellness-and-fitness activities in Native American communities throughout the region", and team members may go to speak to local groups. Team members will also assist in testing of sustainable produced sportswear for Nike's research and development of processes to use non-toxic dyes and biodegradable organic cotton.
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