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 US Lacrosse launched a new initiative in 2007, designed to reach out to the Native American community.
US Lacrosse volunteers are assisting with Native Vision, a sport and life skills camp sponsored jointly by the NFL (National Football League) Players Association and the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health.
Through the efforts of US Lacrosse, the sport of lacrosse has been added to the curriculum for this camp, which brings together young people from Native American reservations across the country.
After debuting with the program in 2007, US Lacrosse was once again part of the 2008 Native Vision Sports and Life Skills Camp hosted in June by the Southern Pueblo Tribe in New Mexico. The US Lacrosse volunteers participating in this camp were:
• Wendy Kridel - U-19 Women's National Team Head Coach
• Joanna Kotula - Coaches Education Program Level 1 Trainer
• Duke Whelan - Coaches Education Program Level 1 Trainer
• Becky Clipp - U.S. Women's National Team Player
• Christian Cook - 2006 U.S. Men's National Team Player
• Kathy Ayers - U-19 Women's National Team Athletic Trainer
 Kridel, Kotula, Whelan and Ayers each served as clinicians for the 2007 Native Vision Camp as well, hosted by the White Mountain Apache Tribe in Arizona. Several US Lacrosse representatives returned to Arizona for a mini-camp in October, 2008.
The White Mountain Apache Tribe has also hosted two year-round programs.
Want to read more about the Native Vision program?
Click here for the Lacrosse magazine story from September, 2007. (PDF)
 For further information about US Lacrosse's Native Vision program, please contact Program Coordinator Sarah Newman at 410.235.6882, ext 104, or by e-mail at snewman@uslacrosse.org.
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