Wooden lacrosse stickmaker, after one long summer, gives thanks by a sacred lake

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People travel for miles to buy wooden lacrosse sticks they ordered from Alf Jacques. They drive Route 11A, through the Onondaga Nation, until they find his little shop beneath a hill, near the house where he grew up. Alf will hand them a stick, polished hickory shining like bone. He knows many buyers keep the sticks on display, and Alf always offers one simple piece of advice:

“This stick was made to be used,” he’ll tell them. “Honor it. Make that stick happy and take it down sometimes and use it, then put it back on the wall.”...

Wooden lacrosse stickmaker, after one long summer, gives thanks by a sacred lake - Buffalo News Live

 

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