The lacrosse team, known as the Nationals, had been embroiled in a dispute with the British about using tribal passports instead of ones issued by the United States or Canada.

The Iroquois lacrosse team is in danger of missing the World Lacrosse Championships in Manchester, England, this week because the United States has refused to recognize their passports, stranding ...

The Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team is still being denied entry into the United Kingdom, even after the U.S. State Department granted the players a waiver to travel under their own passports ...

Flagstaff, Ariz. ? An American Indian lacrosse team’s refusal to travel on passports not issued by the Iroquois confederacy goes to the heart of one of the most sensitive issues in Indian ...

NEW YORK -- Time ran out on Friday for a team of Iroquois lacrosse players who have been blocked from traveling to a tournament in England because of a passport dispute. The 23 members of the ...

So ended the latest chapter in the ongoing passport dispute between the Iroquois team and the federal government, as the team was turned away from its flight to the world championships.

Good news came Wednesday for the Iroquois lacrosse team waiting in New York City for reassurance the U.S. government would allow them to reenter the country on tribal-issued passports on their ...

The teams participating in the World Lacrosse Championships in England represent 30 nations, from Argentina to Latvia to South Korea to Iroquois. The Iroquois helped invent lacrosse and, in a rare ...

Passport issues imperil Iroquois lacrosse teamThe Iroquois have used their own passports in the past, but State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the new dispute can be traced to the Western ...

The 23 players have passports issued by the Iroquois Confederacy, a group of six Indian nations overseeing land that stretches from upstate New York into Ontario, Canada.

Central NY News Passport predicament keeps Iroquois Nationals team grounded in New York City Published: Jul. 15, 2010, 1:57 a.m.

England questions passports issued by Iroquois nation.Central NY News Passport dispute halts Iroquois lacrosse team's trip to world competition in England Published: Jul. 10, 2010, 10:59 p.m.