Philip P. Arnold is Associate Professor of Religion at Syracuse University in New York, which is located in Onondaga Nation Territory—the heartland of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois). He has written on Aztec and Haudenosaunee traditions and advocates for Indigenous peoples and their traditions through the Indigenous Values Initiatives. As a sports fan he enjoys watching games of all kinds, particularly those involving family and friends.

Phil Arnold's The Gift of Sports is a gift in itself—to the students who will read it and learn of the deeper religious meanings and structures of play, games and organized struggle; to the other scholars and teachers who will benefit from this level headed interpretation of the religious dimensions of human play; to the public who will learn of how deeply sports are tied up with race, sex and the sacred. We should pay Arnold back by reading and teaching this book." —David Carrasco, Harvard Divinity School"The Gift of Sports is a thoroughly researched and well written book on the Indigenous sport of Lacrosse… A people who have very little written history the story of Lacrosse is brought to light by the Indigenous peoples custom of storytelling with deep affection and reverence for the Creator." —Roy D. Simmons Jr., Coach Emeritus, University of Syracuse

Philip P. Arnold is Associate Professor of Religion at Syracuse University in New York, which is located in Onondaga Nation Territory—the heartland of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois). He has written on Aztec and Haudenosaunee traditions and advocates for Indigenous peoples and their traditions through the Indigenous Values Initiatives. As a sports fan he enjoys watching games of all kinds, particularly those involving family and friends.

Phil Arnold's The Gift of Sports is a gift in itself—to the students who will read it and learn of the deeper religious meanings and structures of play, games and organized struggle; to the other scholars and teachers who will benefit from this level headed interpretation of the religious dimensions of human play; to the public who will learn of how deeply sports are tied up with race, sex and the sacred. We should pay Arnold back by reading and teaching this book." —David Carrasco, Harvard Divinity School"The Gift of Sports is a thoroughly researched and well written book on the Indigenous sport of Lacrosse… A people who have very little written history the story of Lacrosse is brought to light by the Indigenous peoples custom of storytelling with deep affection and reverence for the Creator." —Roy D. Simmons Jr., Coach Emeritus, University of Syracuse

Philip P. Arnold is Associate Professor of Religion at Syracuse University in New York, which is located in Onondaga Nation Territory—the heartland of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois). He has written on Aztec and Haudenosaunee traditions and advocates for Indigenous peoples and their traditions through the Indigenous Values Initiatives. As a sports fan he enjoys watching games of all kinds, particularly those involving family and friends.

Phil Arnold's The Gift of Sports is a gift in itself—to the students who will read it and learn of the deeper religious meanings and structures of play, games and organized struggle; to the other scholars and teachers who will benefit from this level headed interpretation of the religious dimensions of human play; to the public who will learn of how deeply sports are tied up with race, sex and the sacred. We should pay Arnold back by reading and teaching this book." —David Carrasco, Harvard Divinity School"The Gift of Sports is a thoroughly researched and well written book on the Indigenous sport of Lacrosse… A people who have very little written history the story of Lacrosse is brought to light by the Indigenous peoples custom of storytelling with deep affection and reverence for the Creator." —Roy D. Simmons Jr., Coach Emeritus, University of Syracuse