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American Indian Affairs (AIA) Event Calendar

2021 Event Location
March 6 Conclave Preparation Training 1:00 - 3:00 PM Camp Woodfield Training Building
March 13 Spring Fellowship Cherokee Scout Reservation
March 19-21 Ceremony Conclave Competition Team Practice 1:00 - 3:00 PM Camp Woodfield Training Building
March 27 Conclave Preparation Training 1:00 - 3:00 PM Camp Woodfield Training Building
April 10 Conclave Preparation Training 1:00 - 3:00 PM Camp Woodfield Training Building
April 16-18 SR-7B Section Conclave Camp Bowers
April 25 Ceremony Team Practice 1:00 - 3:00 PM Camp Woodfield Training Building
April 30-May 1 Spring Induction Weekend Cherokee Scout Reservation
August 29 Ceremony Team Practice 1:00 - 3:00 PM Woodfield Scout Reservation
September 10-12 Summer Induction Weekend Woodfield Scout Reservation
September 17-19 Good Medicine Pow Wow Frank Liske Park: 4001 Stough Road, Concord, NC
September 10-12 Summer Induction Weekend Woodfield Scout Reservation
September 26 Ceremony Team Practice 1:00 - 3:00 PM Woodfield Scout Reservation
October 1-3 Fall Induction Weekend Cherokee Scout Reservation
November 7 Ceremony Team Practice 1:00 - 3:00 PM Woodfield Scout Reservation
November 12-14 Fall Fellowship Cherokee Scout Reservation

OA American Indian Activities Virtual Training

Thanks for your interest in our virtual American Indian Activities training! We are excited as a committee to be able to provide high quality training that helps everyone, even at different knowledge levels.

If you have any questions on this program, please reach out to our registrars Brent Wessel at brent.wessel09@gmail.com or Darrell Donahue at woodley.dd@gmail.com.

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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ–:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐๐Œ ๐„๐ƒ๐“ - ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐Œ๐ž๐ง: A brief introduction to each of the different men's dance styles. (Instructor: Ken Hood)

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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ•:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐๐Œ ๐„๐ƒ๐“ - ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ' ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฑ:ย  An overview of the Mens' Old Time Sioux dance style, focusing on both dance and clothing. (Instructor: Kevin Gantt)

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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ•:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐๐Œ ๐„๐ƒ๐“ - ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ' ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: An overview of the Mens' Grass dance style, focusing on both dance and clothing. (Instructor: Jeff Brewer)

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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ–, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ•:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐๐Œ ๐„๐ƒ๐“ - ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ' ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: An overview of the Mens' Northern Traditional dance style, focusing on both dance and clothing. (Instructor: Doug Sestock)

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvdeugpjouGNaEqdazuv-5pGgkxUhSiWjy

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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ—, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ–:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐๐Œ ๐„๐ƒ๐“ - ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฐ ๐„๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: Learn all about modern powwows! When and where are local powwows for you? What should you do when you are there to get the most out of it? Answer these questions and more! (Instructor: Darrell Donahue)

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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ•:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐๐Œ ๐„๐ƒ๐“ - ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ' ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ: A brief introduction to each of the different northern women's dance styles. Focus will be given both to proper dance clothes and dance itself. (Instructor: Nina Dukes)

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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ•:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐๐Œ ๐„๐ƒ๐“ - ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ: This class focused on the basic fundamentals and structure of both Northern and Southern Style powwow singing and drumming. (Instructor: Neadom Tucker and Wayne Dukes)

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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ”:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐๐Œ ๐„๐ƒ๐“ - ๐…๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐€๐ˆ๐€ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ: Learn the best ways to find the best resources and accurate information when researching American Indian dance, craft, and culture. (Instructor: Chuck Easley)

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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ•:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐๐Œ ๐„๐ƒ๐“ - ๐Œ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ (๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ): This class focuses on how to properly construct and decorate Plains moccasins for both men and women. (Instructor: Jeff Brewer)

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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ–:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐๐Œ ๐„๐ƒ๐“ - ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ' ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: An overview of the Mens' Southern Straight dance style, focusing on both dance and clothing. (Instructor: David Sherier)

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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ–:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐๐Œ ๐„๐ƒ๐“ - ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ: This class will focus on how to get a quality set of dance clothes, for not much money. Learn techniques using substitute or imitation materials to hopefully get you a brand new set of dance clothes for as small as $100! (Instructor: Mark Myers)

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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ7, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ 7:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐๐Œ ๐„๐ƒ๐“ - Mensโ€™ Fancy Dance: An overview of the Mens' Fancy dance style, focusing on both dance and clothing. (Instructor: Scott Alexander)

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Tsoiotsi Tsogalii Lodge American Indian Affairs

All Lodge youth and adult members have the opportunity to participate in the following American Indian Affairs. Indian Affairs is a fun way to serve the Lodge while upholding the traditions of the Order of the Arrow.

Ceremonies

There are several ceremonies that a candidate and brother pass through during his journey in the Order. In these ceremonies, the traditions, legend, and principles are taught. These are the brothers that perform the ceremonies. Duties include memorization of speaking parts and presenting to a group of candidates.

DANCE

There comes a time to compete and celebrate in which you canโ€™t sit still. During these times we sing and dance. But we do this in a traditional way. There is Team Dance and Individual Dance. You dance in one of several styles: Traditional, Old Style, Straight, Grass, or Fancy Dance. Each has its own clothing and dance characteristics. It is a place where you can more deeply learn and share in the traditions of the Native American people.

DRUM

These brothers are the ones that produce the music for our celebration. We play a Southern style drum and sing the songs from the Southern Plains nations. If you can keep a beat and have a voice, then join the drum.

WITSCHINDIN (HELPER)

These are the brothers who help with many different tasks. One task is building the fires and setting up the ring so that the ceremonies may take place. Brothers may also serve as torch bearer during ceremonies. For the truly crafty person, individuals may also construct items or regalia to be used by the Lodge Ceremony Team, Dance Team, or Drum Team.

Questions or Interest?

Contact the Lodge Vice Chief of Indian Affairs.