Camp Archive - Written by admin on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:51 - 2 Comments
Indian Council
- Drums begin
- Each section has a fire at their respective fire circles
- Nor’westers at woodcraft
- Running goes to fire circles
- Nor’westers
- Trailblazers
- trappers
- Voyageurs
- Torchbearers (4) – 2 top, 2 bottom of stairs
- Runner approaches Gr. Council and says Klayhalya the Gr. Council
- Chiefs enter with pipe
- Fire lighting ceremony
- Pipe lite
- Prayer to the winds
- Good and Evil
- David introduces the Ranger Reports
- Ranger Reports
- Hiawatha welcomed by David
- He sits on big rock above
- Bellamy lites his pitch fire
- Games (Bellamy)
- Poison Pool
- Arm Wrestle
- Push-up fights
- Pat and Mike
3 Mourners come and sit by fire
- Hiawatha gives his speech
- Hiawatha goes to the entrance and slings Mourning of our departure
- Mourners respond with Fare thee well
- Hiawatha sings again at the edge of the Oasis cabin
- Mourners reply
- David asks for volunteers
Mourners leave
- David tells the story of the three mourners who have gone on their vigils.
Council closes with Wakonda dey do.
- Vow of silence
- Farewell ceremony at the lake
- Flaming arrows sent over lake
- Hiawatha sings from the lake
- Mourners respond from tower
- Hiawatha sings again
- Mourners reply
- First Vigil fire lit and sung
- Second Vigil fire lit and sung
- Third Vigil fire lit and sung
- First sings and extinguishes
- Second sings and extinguishes
- Third sings and extinguishes
- Hiawatha sings and mourners reply
- Drums begin
- David dismisses and everybody leaves quietly
2 Comments
Sean Kelly
Paul Avbar
We used to practise Pat and Mike at home too Sean!!! One year I was a fire lighter with Allen Weeks. After watching all those years, actually lighting the fire for the ceremony was an incredible honour that I will never forget.
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Even after all this time, I remember it like it was yesterday. I can still do the drum music. “Dum-Da-Da-Da-Da-Dum!Dum-Da-Da-Da-Da-Dum!” Before my brother and I went to camp, we used to practice Pat and Mike at home, so that we were ready for the competition at Indian Council. Many happy times associated with Indian Council