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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Bear Elective Adventure: Beat of the Drum

Bear Elective Adventure: Beat of the Drum

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1. Learn about the history and culture of American Indians who lived in your area at the
time of European colonization.
Texas Native tribesNative American info for kids
Cool short Rap  song teaching about Various Native Tribes, about one sentence per tribe


Do an atl atl demonstration and boys, maybe let the boys try.
(Yes I have an atl atl... big boys = big toys)

2. Write a legend.
Gift of the Sacred Dog  
3. Make a dream catcher.
Paper Plate Dream Catcher Crafts
 
4. Make a craft.
Bear claw necklace kits on amazon ($25ish)
(You can get all the pieces seperately, but it works out about the same, unless you have some of it already, I'm doing this one)
100 bulk bearclaws $13 not Amazon
Other crafts on a pintrest board
Head band craft

5. Make a drum. Once your drum is complete, create a ceremonial song.
Packing tape headed Drums 

6. Visit an Order of the Arrow dance ceremony or American Indian event within your community.
 Austin Powow: http://www.austinpowwow.net/heritage-day/ Friday, September 25, 2015

7. Learn and demonstrate ceremonial dance steps.
A simple form of the hoop dance might be fun
Kids hoop dancing  
Hoop dancing with one hoop
How to make hoops
Hoop dance instructable

Pex Pipe from home Depot 1/2"matches the connectors, just make sure you get the right coupler ask the guy at homdepot cause I'm not sure the one below is 100% (it's too big) but it gives you the idea of what it looks like, might be brass instead of plastic
+ coupling to turn it into a loop
You ought to be able to make hoops out of that, and  you can buy it by the foot at home depot too since a 100" is a lot.. then decorate it with colored electrical tape and you are in the right place. 

8. Create a dance.
Let the boys watch this because its' so cool, supaman prayer loop song
Ex 6 time national champ hoop dancer
Notes: 
Organize trip to OA Dance Ceremony? Get Oa to come to us?(Presents for Oa dancers?)



Required: Drum kits Supplies(rubber top easier than leather?), Dream Catcher Kits, another craft kit (leather work?)

indian 4 hole flute

Information about the Tonkawa tribes (local to our area and our OA chapter is named after them)
More Tonkawa


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