Washington Post By Matthew Gutierrez A cinder-brick barn lies at the bottom of a hill, off a dirt road in the heart of the Onondaga Nation Reservation just south of Syracuse. Down the road from the local smoke shop, inside the barn, the air smells of wood. A bundle of several dozen wooden lacrosse sticks leans against the back wall, each ready to be carved, straightened, … [Read more...] about At the Onondaga Nation in central New York, a one-man factory keeps lacrosse tradition alive
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More honors for Onondaga Nation stickmaker: Alf Jacques
Syracuse.com: Every day, for Alf Jacques, now brings with it some pain: He especially feels it in his hands, in his elbow, in his back. He still goes each morning to the little shop near his mother's house at the Onondaga Nation, where he uses an axe and a mallet to break apart hickory trees, a raw beginning that leads to polished lacrosse sticks that gleam like bone. … [Read more...] about More honors for Onondaga Nation stickmaker: Alf Jacques