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	Date	Event	Vignette	Scope
	1100 ~	version of stickball	There is evidence that a version of stickball played in Mesoamerica or Mexico as early as the 1100s	North America, game
	1100	Gift of the Creator	Deeply rooted in Native American history, the sport dates back to as early as the 12^thcentury when indigenous people played it for com ...	First Nations, North America, origins
	1636+	Southeast stickball	Among southeastern tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, Yuchi and others), a double-stick version of the game is still practiced. A two-and-a half foot stick is held in each hand, an ...	First Nations
	1636+	Great Lake Sticks and ball	Great Lakes players used a single three-foot stick. terminating in a round, closed pocket about three to four inches in diameter, only a little larger than the ball., In this game, the ball was usuall ...	equipment
	1794	creation of a basic set of rules	Match between two native groups results in creation of a basic set of rules	First Nations, rules, origins
	1799	Salmanaca - Handsome Lake vision occurs		First Nations
	1815	Onondaga - Burial place of Handsome Lake		First Nations
	1867	First Major Lacrosse League formed		league, origins
	1867	Firsat demonstration in US	Saratoga Springs - first lacrosse demonstration in US	origins, USA
	1868	White Players in Upstate New York	White players in Upstate New York began to play lacrosse about this time and during the 1870's several teams were organized in metropolitan New York.	origins, USA
	1868	Messrs. Beers and Stevenson playing lacrosse, Montreal, QC,		Canada
	1868	US Second Club - Buffalo		club, USA
	1869	First book on lacrosse	A Montreal publisher produced the first book on the sport in 1869. Lacrosse: The National Game of Canada was written by Beers and illustrated with posed photos of players by the famous Notman Gallery.	rules, origins, Canada
	1870	NY Times coverage of Knickerbocker vs Toronto CLub	The New York Times (August 27) reports in "Outdoor Sports" that the Knickerbocker Lacrosse Club of NY faced the Toronto Club in Buffalo. Toronto took the decisive fifth game after the Knickerbocker cl ...	international, USA, Canada
	1870	United States Championship	On November 25th, The New York Times reports that the Knickerbocker Club is the winner of a tournament to determine the United States Championship	championship, USA
	1870~	John Flannery was the father of USA lacrosse in 1870s		USA, origin
	1876	Canadian and European Lacrosse Teams	Canadian and European Lacrosse Teams in playing positions, composite, Montreal, QC, 1876 Photograph	origins, international, picture
	1876	Lacrosse in Australia	In April of 1876 the pioneer of lacrosse in Victoria (and Australia as a whole) was a Canadian Lambton L Mount who had come to the Victorian goldfields as a fourteen year old with his family in 185 ...	club, origins, :Australia
	1879	The U. S. Amateur Lacrosse Association	The U. S. Amateur Lacrosse Association, founded in 1879, adopted the Canadian rules.	rules, association, USA
	1879	Victorian Lacrosse Association (Australia) formed	By 1879, four clubs had been formed in Australia with some 120 players. These four clubs Melbourne, Fitzroy, South Melbourne and Carlton formed the Victorian Lacrosse Association in July 18 ...	association, origins, :Australia
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