pressure on American Indians to assimilate challenges of preserving American Indian traditional clothing Lacrosse gained popularity ... in the mid-nineteenth century. [in] the urban areas of New York, Philadelphia, and especially Baltimore and Annapolis. Advent of the synthetic stick and conversion of the field to a hockey-like box . . . in the 1930sling made lacrosse even more popular. . . . Sporadically disappearg and reappearing, today the old native game enjoys a record following. Organized professional leagues have surfaced during the past two decades, and college intramural and varsity lacrosse, which have long thrived in the northeast, are established at state universities across the South and West. movement to reform American Indian schools contributions of American Indians to U. S. culture Anthony Aveni, Colonial Williamsburg Journal, 2010 CLEAR ALL A student could use this excerpt in a paper about the -​