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| &rArr | This badge can be completed at camp with no prep work. |
Requirements
- Give the history of one American Indian tribe, group or nation that
lives or has lived near you. Visit it, if possible. Tell about
dwellings, kind of life, tribal government, religious beliefs, family
and clan relationships, language, dress, food preparation, means of
getting around, how they played, if they were warlike or peaceful, where
descendants of the group now live, and how they live.
- Do TWO of the following. Use information about a specific group or
tribe to complete the requirements:
- Make an item of clothing worn by members of the tribe.
- Make and decorate three items approved by your counselor used by
the tribe.
- Make an authentic model of a dwelling used by any Indian tribe,
group, or nation.
- Visit a museum to see Indian artifacts. Talk about them with your
counselor. Identify at least 10artifacts by tribe or nation, their
shape, size, and use.
- Do ONE of the following:
- Learn three games played by a group or tribe. Teach and lead one
game with a Scout group.
- Learn and show how a tribe cooked or prepared food. Make three
food items.
- Give a demonstration showing how a specific Indian group hunted,
fished, or trapped.
- Do ONE of the following:
- Write or briefly describe how life would have been different for
the European settlers if there had been no Indians to meet them when
they came to this continent.
- Sing two songs in an Indian language. Explain their meaning.
- Learn in an Indian language at least 25 common terms and their
meaning.
- Show 25 signs in Indian sign language. Include those that will
help you ask for water, food, and where the path or road leads.
- Learn in English an Indian story of at least 300 words, or any
number of shorter ones adding up to 300 words. Tell the story or
stories at a Scout meeting or campfire.
- Write or tell about eight things adopted by others from the
Indian.
- Learn 25 Indian place names. Tell their origins and meanings.
- Name five well-known American Indian leaders, either from the past
or people who are alive today. Give their tribes or nations. Describe
what they did or do now that makes them notable.
- Learn about the Iroquois Confederacy, including how and why it was
formed. Tell about its governing system, and its importance to the
framers of our Constitution.
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