Native Americans had been fighting for milenia before europe showed its face. Doesnt make it ok just a fact of human nature. Not a civilization exhists with clean hands.
for a very large amount of our history we resolved issues with sport unless forced to do otherwise. Stickball is a common name for said sport. wars were avoided and deaths were prevented by said sport. Its not just my tribe either. There are still tournaments of the game held today with a fuck ton of tribes involved with it.
with the winning side getting what they want out of the dispute. if you mean injuries, anywhere from a couple of non-lethal injuries to a handful of deaths. If you mean the objective of the game its to hit a target with the ball more times than the opposing team over the course of a day or 2.
You still get people with broken bones not uncommonly in today's stickball (not lacrosse, cant call it that anymore because that's a completely changed game from what we play and what we used to play back then.) Its a rough as fuck game for a reason. It was meant to replace war to minimize deaths.
You still get people with broken bones not uncommonly in today's stickball (not lacrosse, cant call it that anymore because that's a completely changed game from what we play and what we used to play back then.) Its a rough as fuck game for a reason. It was meant to replace war to minimize deaths.