Native Americans Trapped...In America
You can't make this stuff up:
"The State Department may have given its OK, but the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team still needs clearances from the Canadian and British governments before it can take off for the world championships in England, making it doubtful whether the team can fly today."
MIKE McANDREW in the Syracuse Post-Standard.
""They're telling us: 'Go get U.S. passports or Canadian passports,'" Frichner said Wednesday shortly after getting the news. "It's pretty devastating." The team's 23 players - who are all eligible for passports issued by those nations - say that accepting them would be a strike against their identity."
SAMANTHA GROSS for the Associated Press.
"[T]he crux of the problem: the Iroquois do not recognise either the US or Canadian governments and regard themselves as a sovereign nation. The Iroquois team chairman, Oren Lyons, said the team was now unlikely to board a flight in time for the opening game of the two-week tournament. The Iroquois, who helped invent the game more than 1,000 years ago, had hoped to have a few days in the UK to practise. "This has not been the best preparation for a world tournament," Lyons said."
EWEN MacAKSILL in the Guardian.