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Requirements January 1960 until September 1962

1. Give the history of one Indian tribe, tribal group, or nation, preferably one that lives or has lived near your home. Visit it, if possible. Tell something about each of the following: Dwellings, foods, food preparation, dress, religious beliefs, type of life (farmers, wanderers, etc.), language, warfare, means of transportation, where the survivors, if any, now live and how they now live.

2. Do two: (a) Make any Indian costume complete and as authentic as possible. (b) Make and decorate authentically any three Indian articles approved by your merit badge counselor. Such articles might include a drum (tom-tom), drumsticks, rattle, bow and arrows, quiver, coup stick or lance, shield, pipe, pipe bag, war bonnet, belt or dance bustle, war club, canoe paddle, totem pole. (c) Make an authentic model of an Indian dwelling that was used by any Indian tribe, tribal group, or nation. (d) On some former Indian site, with permission (and accompanied by a qualified archaeologist), find at least five Indian artifacts and identify them by shape, material, and site. Explain their use.

3. Do one: (a) Learn at least three authentic Indian games. Teach and lead one game with your patrol, troop, or post. (b) Learn and demonstrate Indian-style cooking. Cook at least three items. (c) With an adult counselor, learn and demonstrate Indian-style hunting, fishing, or trapping.

4. Do one: (a) Take part in Indian entertainment, pageant, or ceremonial in which dances and songs based on authentic Indian themes are used. (b) Sing at least two Indian songs in Indian dialect. Explain their meaning. (c) Plan, rehearse, and take part in an Indian campfire ceremony based on an authentic Indian theme. (d) Learn in Indian dialect at least twenty-five common terms and their meaning. (e) Know at least twenty-five signs in Indian sign language, including those that will help you ask for water, food, and where the trail or road leads. (f) Learn in English at least one Indian saga of not less than three hundred words, or any number of shorter ones totaling at least three hundred words. Relate the saga to a group around a campfire or at a troop or post meeting. (g) Write or tell about eight items adopted by the white man from the Indian. Such items might include food, clothing, medicines, crafts, games, cooking techniques, etc. (h) Learn at least twenty-five  Indian place names, their origin and meaning. (i) Name five famous Indian chiefs, identify them with their tribes and give their relationship to events in history.

Requirements September 1962 until June 1972

1. Give the history of one Indian tribe, tribal group, or nation, preferably one that lives or has lived near your home. Visit it, if possible. Tell something about each of the following: Dwellings, foods, food preparation, dress, religious beliefs, type of life (farmers, wanderers, etc.), language, warfare, means of transportation, where the survivors, if any, now live and how they now live.

2. Do TWO of the following four projects:

(a) Make any Indian costume complete and as authentic as possible.

(b) Make and decorate authentically any three Indian articles approved by your merit badge counselor. Such articles might include a drum (tom-tom), drumsticks, rattle, bow and arrows, quiver, coup stick or lance, shield, pipe, pipe bag, war bonnet, belt or dance bustle, war club, canoe paddle, totem pole.

(c) Make an authentic model of an Indian dwelling that was used by any Indian tribe, tribal group, or nation.

(d) With your merit badge counselor, visit a museum to see Indian artifacts on display, Discuss them with him and show that you have learned to identify at least 10 artifacts by shape, size, and use.

3. Do ONE of the following three projects:

(a) Learn at least three authentic Indian games. Teach and lead one game with your patrol, troop, or post.

(b) Learn and demonstrate Indian-style cooking. Cook at least three items.

(c) With an adult counselor, learn and demonstrate Indian-style hunting, fishing, or trapping.

4. Do ONE of the following nine projects:

(a) Take part in Indian entertainment, pageant, or ceremonial in which dances and songs based on authentic Indian themes are used.

(b) Sing at least two Indian songs in Indian dialect. Explain their meaning.

(c) Plan, rehearse, and take part in an Indian campfire ceremony based on an authentic Indian theme.

(d) Learn in Indian dialect at least 25 common terms and their meaning.

(e) Know at least 25 signs in Indian sign language, including those that will help you ask for water, food, and where the trail or road leads.

(f) Learn in English at least one Indian saga of not less than 300 words, or any number of shorter ones totaling at least 300 words. Relate the saga to a group around a campfire or at a troop or post meeting.

(g) Write or tell about eight items adopted by the white man from the Indian. Such items might include food, clothing, medicines, crafts, games, cooking techniques, etc.

(h) Learn at least 25 Indian place names, their origin and meaning.

(i) Name five famous Indian chiefs, identify them with their tribes, and give their relationship to events in history.