Last week, DU’s Native Student Alliance (NSA) and Political ScienceAssociate Professor Nancy Wadsworth hosted a free public screening of the Lukas Korver documentary film “The Medicine Game,” followed by a panel discussion with members of the Denver Lacrosse community.
The event, hosted on Wednesday, Feb. 5, was a part of DU’s Sesquicentennial events series; over 300 people were in attendance.
The film followed the journeys of Jeremy and Jerome “Haina” Thompson, two brothers of the Onondaga nation in rural New York who had ambitions to play Lacrosse at Syracuse University, but initially struggled academically and socially throughout high school and community college.
Eventually, Jeremy was able to transfer and play with the Orange, and currently plays for Major League Lacrosse’s Hamilton Nationals. Haina later reached semi-professional Lacrosse.
NSA President Amanda Williams, who was pleased with the amount of people who came, believed the event served an important part of remembering the Sand Creek Massacre, which also has its 150th anniversary in November.
“The people who came [Wednesday night] took the time to learn about Native American culture,” said Williams.