lacrosse
Lacrosse on the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi and Beltrami’s racket
By: SANDRA BUSATTA – he article discusses lacrosse in the Great Lakes region, characterized by the use of a single racket, distinct from the Iroquois variant. The oldest surviving racket, collected by G. C. Beltrami in 1823, is presently preserved at the Caffi Museum in Bergamo, Italy. The Beltrami racket holds considerable cultural significance, not…