“I was very excited to create something fun, meaningful and that can teach many people about an ancient sport of Native people which is still practiced today in both the traditional version using traditional sticks and the adapted version known to many as lacrosse,” she added. I believe those are very important in today’s world just as it was important for my ancestors who played stickball.” The game isn’t just for sport or exercise, but also is considered a healing activity for the mind and it helps create a healthy body and mind. “I enjoy seeing them pass the tradition onto the next generations too. “I have many friends who make their own sticks and play the game as a community event here in Minnesota, the homeland of the Dakota people,” Myles said in an interview published by Google. A citizen of the Mohegan and Muscogee (Creek) nations and member of the Spirit Lake Dakota tribe, Myles depicts three different versions of stickball in her art, including the ceremonial pregame practice of sage smudging in the “G” of the customized Google logo that will greet billions of visitors to the world’s most popular website and search engine. Google commissioned artist Marlena Myles for the Doodle. In honor of Native American Heritage Month, today’s Google Doodle celebrates Indigenous North American Stickball, a predecessor of modern-day lacrosse that originated with Indigenous peoples of the Southeast.
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