President Joe Biden has voiced his support for an Indigenous lacrosse team to compete at the 2028 Olympics.
Speaking at the White House Tribal Nations Summit on Wednesday (h/t Nick Zaccardi of NBC Sports), Biden said he supported the Haudenosaunee Confederacy being able to compete under their own flag at the Los Angeles Games.
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is made up of six nations of Indigenous people in upstate New York and Canada. The Haudenosaunee nationals men's lacrosse team has been a member of the Pan-American Lacrosse Association since 1988.
Even though the Haudenosaunee group has medaled at each of the last three World Championships dating back to 2014, Victor Mather of the New York Times wrote in October the team is not eligible for the 2028 Olympics.