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| > | 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
traditional dwellings, way
of life, tribal government, religious beliefs, family and clan relationships,
language, clothing styles, arts and crafts,
food preparation, means of getting around, games,
customs in warfare, where
members of the group now live, and how they live.
- Do TWO of the following. Focus on a specific
group or tribe.
- Make an item of clothing worn by members of the tribe.
- Make and decorate three items used by the tribe,
as approved by your counselor.
- Make an authentic model of a dwelling used by
an Indian tribe, group, or nation.
- Visit a museum to see Indian artifacts. Discuss
them with your counselor. Identify at least 10 artifacts 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 traditionally
cooked or prepared food. Make three food items.
- Give a demonstration showing how a specific Indian group
traditionally 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
native Americans to meet them when they came to this continent.
- Sing two songs in an Indian language. Explain their
meanings.
- 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, for food, and where
the path or road leads.
- Learn in English (or the language you commonly
speak at home or in the troop) an Indian story of at least
25 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
American Indians.
- Learn 25 Indian place names. Tell their origins and meanings.
- Name five well-known American Indian leaders, either from the
past or people of 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.
Describe some of the similarities and differences
between the governments of the United States and of the Six Nations
(the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy).
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