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By Ryan Zunner Buffalo Toronto Public Media \u00a0Republican members of the New York State Senate\u2019s Subcommittee on State-Native American Relations are joining calls from other state and federal officials\u00a0in support of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy\u2019s inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The confederacy is made up of six nations \u2014 Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk, Tuscarora, Seneca and Cayuga. Lacrosse will take to the Olympic field for the first time since the 1908 games. The sport is a traditional and spiritual game for the Haudenosaunee that stretches back centuries. “It\u2019s only fitting Native American tribes are properly represented as an independent, sovereign nation as the sport returns to the Olympics for the first time in more than 100 years,” said State Senator Rob Ortt, who co-authored the letter to the… <\/p>\n

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By Ryan Zunner Buffalo Toronto Public Media \u00a0Republican members of the New York State Senate\u2019s Subcommittee on State-Native American Relations are joining calls from other state and federal officials\u00a0in support of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy\u2019s inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The confederacy is made up of six nations \u2014 Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk, Tuscarora, Seneca and Cayuga. Lacrosse will take to the Olympic field for the first time since the 1908 games. The sport is a traditional and spiritual game for the Haudenosaunee that stretches back centuries. “It\u2019s only fitting Native American tribes are properly represented as an independent, sovereign nation as the sport returns to the Olympics for the first time in more than 100 years,” said State Senator Rob Ortt, who co-authored the letter to the... <\/p>\n

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