THE SPORTS DOCTOR- Double lacrossed: Iroquois face poor
treatment from two countries Back in 2007, the 400th anniversary
of Jamestown, Great Britain welcomed representatives from
Virginia's Indian tribes with open arms. Tribal members were
feted and celebrated all over England and returned with nothing
but praise for the country that altered the trajectory of Native
Americans forever. Virginia Indians must have used U.S.
passports. When the World Lacrosse Championship started in
Manchester, England last Thursday, the Iroquois Nationals
lacrosse team was still sitting in a New York airport, waiting.
The Iroquois team, ranked number four in the world, had already
been stuck in the airport for days, unable to leave the United
States because their tribal passports didn't cut the security
mustard. So they sat and watched teams from around the world
compete in the championships of a game invented by Native
Americans. Initially it was the U.S. government that looked like
a jackass, trying to impose its will on the I