Sport and Transnational Indigenous Solidarity From Turtle Island to Palestine? Examining Iroquois Nationals’ 2018 Trip to Israel

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ID6453383
AuthorsChen (0009-0003-9584-6905, corresponding author), Chen Chen (0000-0002-9786-8003, University of Connecticut, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume42
Issue2
Pages117-128
Publication date2024-09-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology of Sport Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0741-1235 • E-ISSN: 1543-2785
PublisherHuman Kinetics (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1123/ssj.2024-0051
OpenAlexW4402826323
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited31

The Iroquois Nationals’ participation in the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship was welcomed by the hosting Israeli state despite the call for boycott from the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and pro-Palestinian groups’ appeal for Indigenous solidarity. This paper discusses the historical/geopolitical contexts of this event and examines the responses from multiple parties, including the team representatives, pro-Israel groups, and Indigenous media/activists. By bringing together literature in Indigenous studies, settler colonial studies, Palestinian studies, and critical sport studies, it highlights the challenges for transnational solidarity in the sport industry as well as the urgency for deepening an internationalist anticolonial/anti-imperialist political consciousness among athletes and sport organizations, Indigenous or non-Indigenous alike

Ancient history · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Palestine · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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