Crooked Arrows Page #3

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This is my classroom,

and we will stay until I say otherwise.

So you like your new school so much,

you want to keep the kids late?

Even if it means denying them the opportunity

to participate in a traditional cultural heritage?

Oh, well, maybe I can make it up

to them with afield trip...

...to go visit Chief Wampum

and his bar-dancing waitresses.

Speaking of which, we're hiring,

if you can dance.

- And she can, she was a cheerleader.

- Ooh.

And valedictorian,

which your coach can't even spell.

Well, I guess I'll just sit out here

where it's warm and sunny...

...with a trunk load of surprises

for the lacrosse team.

- Yo, are you serious?

- What? That's us. We gotta get our buddy.

- All right, fine.

- Whoo!

But we have a history test on Friday.

So I was thinking about what

happened when we raced.

- When I smoked your ass?

Ha-ha-ha.

I wasn't properly equipped.

Yeah, right.

We've been giving our enemies

the means to defeat us.

But not anymore.

- Reebok, best on the market.

- Oh!

- That's awesome.

- No way.

Little bang stick, 10K.

Look at this.

Look at the bag in it, man.

And that's not all.

Thank you, Marilyn.

Marilyn stayed up all night

making these.

- Oh, Jackpots.

Whoo-hoo!

Gotta look good to be good, right?

That did not look good for the Jackpots.

Despite a makeover, the Sunaquot goalie

stood planted like a tree in the crease...

...insuring the loss to Sulgrave.

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- Joe Logan?

- Yeah, that's my name, just use it at the door.

- You played for Coventry in '98, right?

Yeah, that was a long time ago.

No, I played here, at Sulgrave.

Senior year you destroyed us.

Yeah, if you say so.

He's being humble.

This guy right here, the best I've ever seen.

You went to Syracuse, right?

They called you Logan the Legend.

But whatever happened

in that championship game?

Sorry, man, we gotta go.

Here's another coupon.

Congrats on the win.

Okay, sure.

Good luck!

Logan! Logan! Logan!

Heh. What you doing?

Hey! She walks.

I was just looking for this.

I've been doing a lot of driving lately and,

you know, trying to keep it fresh.

- Chumbawamba

- H a-h a-h a.

Come on, these guys were awesome

for the one song.

Ooh. Can I look?

Uh, ahem. No, not tonight.

Okay, total strangers

know my brother better than I do.

Logan the Legend?

I actually prefer Joey Hustle.

- Whatever, they're equally lame.

- Heh.

What was she like?

Strong, like you.

Then how could she die so young.

There was no hospital at the reservation.

But I can fix that now, if Dad will let me.

Oh, my God, is that Dr. Gifford with you?

Yeah, we dated at Coventry.

No way.

Yeah way.

I wouldn't bring it up to her though.

- Okay.

- Let's have some tunes.

Tunes.

Yeah, that's what we used to say in the '90s.

I get knocked down, but I get up again

Are we really gonna listen to that?

- Oh, yeah.

All right, guys, take your pads off.

Don't need them today.

What? No practice?

Nope. No practice.

Whoo

Yeah

- We're running.

- Ugh.

- Up there, to Defiance Rock.

- Ugh.

How about you drag your old butt up there

and then you can tell us all about it.

I'll make you a deal.

You give me four balls,

I'll rip all four corners with Reed in goal.

If I miss, I go alone.

If I hit them all, we all run.

- Take it.

- Take that.

I gotta see this.

Reed, you better save this, man.

He can't shoot.

- Come on, Reed.

- Come on, Reed.

- Ooh.

- What's that?

Lucky.

Can't you stop an old man?

Reed, you should have stopped that one.

Right here, gramps, come on.

- Come on, Reed.

- Come on, Reed.

Oh!

What the--?

- We're running.

- That was cheating.

- Why didn't you tell him to hit the bar?

- Why did you take that bet?

Come on, come on, coach!

Come on, Reed, get bent.

Guys, wait up

And this one's for the fall

And this one's for the earth we never had

What's with the stick?

Maug, he's here. He's everywhere, watching.

You do know that predators go

for the slowest in the herd, right?

Take a right at the dead tree.

How old does my butt look now, Jimbo?

Go!

- Whoo!

- You almost beat the sun.

Man, there's a reason

the white man invented cable cars.

Guard your tongue in youth.

And in age you may mature a thought

that will be of service to your people.

How long does it take you to make one?

I don't make them, the Creator does.

This hickory tree is older than you.

I carve away all but the heart,

leaving only power and strength.

Your opponent does not want

to be clubbed by one.

This was my great grandfather's.

Over 200 years old.

And strong as the day it was made.

But metal sticks have offset heads.

With that you'd have to cradle all the time.

Don't worry, the offset head will fit on this.

The ball lives in the offset head,

but the spirit lives in the stick.

I may be old, but I'm not out of touch

I watch ESPNU on my iPad.

What's this?

That's the Crooked Arrow,

my Sunaquot name.

I have made sticks and arrows

for generations.

Each one is different,

and none are perfect.

No arrow flies straight.

There's nothing wrong

with a crooked arrow.

As long as it follows its own path,

it will find its way.

Sticks up.

Creator gave the game to the people

of the Haudenosaunee Nation.

They played and it pleased the Creator.

Now go play the game for our ancestors

who are no longer here to entertain the Creator.

You put a lot of work into these.

How much do I owe you?

You want to repay me?

Return lacrosse to our people.

Welcome back to the rez, lacrosse fans.

Not that this game will qualify as lacrosse

against the beleaguered Jacked--

Pots.

- Hey, Chad.

- Hello, Nadie.

Yeah, we're not the Jacked Pots any more.

Whoo! Crooked Arrows! Yahoo!

And Chad?

How about you show us some respect

on our land, okay?

Two. We're up by two. B line get in there.

We're late in the third...

...and the newly minted Crooked Arrows

have put in a surprising effort.

Come on. Come on, Jimmy.

Head up, head up, head up. Come on.

Nice pick.

Yes!

Nice! All right, all right.

- That's not all right. That's not-- Jimmy!

- Whoo!

Hey! Hey, Silverfoot, knock it off.

Keep showboating.

Keep dancing, twinkle toes. Keep smiling.

Yeah, you're smiling now.

You won't be smiling later.

Let's see some sweat, jock straps.

I'm not running a ballet here, Silvertoes,

this isn't "Dance of the Sugar Plums."

You want to be a ballerina,

pli off to Broadway.

You want to play lacrosse,

respect your team.

What did you guys say?

Hey, hey! Guys, guys, break it up, okay?

Come on.

No secrets now, we're a team.

We all speak the same language.

- Keep them running till I get back.

- Okay. Ready?

Keeping office hours, Dr. Gifford?

I need Jimmy when you're through with him.

We've got a problem with him graduating.

He's failing English.

You know, I always thought

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