The controversy over the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team's effort to fly overseas with their tribe-issued passports has brought up issues about what it means for Native American's to have national sovereignty. Though the State Department offered to expedite U.S. issued passports for the team, the team manager said traveling with anything but their Haudenosaunee confederacy passports would be an insult to their culture. Now, the issue is dividing Native American nations across America. more ›

Despite intervention from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team had to miss the World Lacrosse Championships in Manchester, England because the British Consulate would not issue them visas. Though they already had to forfeit their Thursday night game, there was hope that they would be issued visas in time to play a game today against Japan. But the British refused to honor their Haudenosaunee passports, and now they have run out of time. One player told the Times, “I felt it was coming, but I didn’t want to believe it until I actually heard it." more ›

The lacrosse team made of up members of the Iroquois tribe had to forfeit its opening match the 2010 World Lacrosse Championship because of enduring travel document issues, which means it was another night at the Ozone Park Comfort Inn. The Iroquois Nationals, ranked 4th in the world, spent yesterday continuing their fight for a chance to travel to the U.K. Team chairman Oren Lyons said, "There is movement in our discussions with the U.K. We don't know if we can resolve the issues in time for us to make our next game." more ›

Just after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cleared Iroquois tribe members to travel outside of the U.S. with their tribe-issued passports for an international lacrosse competition, the Iroquois Nationals faced another set back as the United Kingdom announced it still wouldn't accept their passports. Team manager Ashley Jemison told NY1, "It was a little bit of a shock when we thought that we did have an arrangement, an agreement with them, that things were going to be okay once we got the part that we needed to take care of. But you know, we're still staying positive." more ›

After a passport dispute that left the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team stranded in New York City for three days, the team will be able to travel with their own passports, thanks to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. At her request, the State Department dropped a demand that the Iroquois athletes must use formal U.S. passports to enter and exit the country, rather than their Haudenosaunee confederacy-issued passports. However, the allowance is a "one-time-only waiver." more ›

A team of Iroquois lacrosse players are on an impromptu vacation in New York after being barred from flying to a tournament in England. The passports—issued by the Haudenosaunee confederacy of six Iroquois nations—have been accepted for over 20 years. But JFK airport wouldn't accept them on Sunday, and now The Iroquois Nationals are stuck in the city. more ›