W. M. Philion

Baggattaway W. M. Philion

Once, before the sunrise, they had a game. Until they were removed to the sidelines for a long, silent age in which their last numbers are inert as upright fossils. How the blood of these fossils would be stirred up if even a single inning of baggattaway (lacrosse) could be played again. Chippewa sons Birch Charlevoix and Neil Longbow LaSalle intend to stir up that Native blood. Drawing the rancor of Indian haters and the lacrosse establishment, they fight to honor their game, to institute Indian rules for the Lacrosse World Cup of 2010.