Jeremy Thompson of the Onondaga Nation, left, teaches lacrosse to youths at a clinic on the White House South Lawn on July 11, 2011. Thompson competed for the Haudenosaunee Nationals in the 2023 World Lacrosse Championships. Manuel Balce Ceneta | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington – President Joe Biden plans to ask Olympic organizers to allow a Native American lacrosse team with players from the Onondaga Nation to compete in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Biden will announce his support today for the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team to be granted a narrow exception to field their own team, White House officials said.
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