SPECIAL EVENTS
Film Series
October 4 - November 17
China: Ping-Pong Diplomacy and International Sport
February 6
Visions and Sounds of Sport
February 9
Chief Oren R. Lyons and the Iroquois Under 19 National Lacrosse Team
April 16
Film Series
October 4 - November 17
When We Were Kings
The untold story of the Rumble in the Jungle -- a ringside seat to witness every breath and drop of sweat between two all-time heavyweight champions: Muhammad Ali and George Forman.
Eight Men Out
The true story of one of baseball's most powerful teams, the 1919 Chicago White Sox, and its scheme to lose the World Series in exchange for gamblers' bribes.
Chariots of Fire
The internationally acclaimed drama of two very different men who sompete as runners in the 1924 Paris Olympics, based on a true story. Eric Liddell, a serious Christian Scotsman, believes that he has to succeed as s testament to his religious faith. Harold Abrahams is a Jewish Englishman who wants desperately to be accepted and to prove to the world that Jews are not inferior.
Pumping Iron
This 1977 documentary examines bodybuilding as a sport and an art as it follows master bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger to the 1975 Mr. Olympia competition.
Chief Oren R. Lyons and the Iroquois Under 19 National Lacrosse Team
April 16
LACROSSE: THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRADITION
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OREN R. LYONS, (Joagquisho) is a traditions faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, and a Member of the Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, or the Haudenosaunee. He is professor of American Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he directs the Native American Studies Program. He is recognized internationally as an eloquent and respected spokesperson on behalf of Native peoples. He helped to establish the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, serves on the Executive Committee of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival, and is a principal figure in the Traditional Circle of Indian Elders. Chief Lyons is the recipient of the Ellis Island Congressional Medal of Honor, National Audubon Award for the Environment, and the 1st International Earth Day Award. He was an All-American in lacrosse, and in 1993, he was elected to the Lacrosse National Hall of Fame. |
LACROSSE MATCH
The Iroquois Under 19 National Lacrosse Team played an exhibition match against lacrosse players from Tufts University and Medford High School.
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