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Requirements June 1972 until December 1977

1. Give the history of one Indian tribe, group, or nation.  This should be one that lives or has lived near your home.  Visit it, if possible.  Tell about the following:  dwellings, food preparation, dress, religious beliefs, kind of life, language, war, means of getting around, where the members, if any, now live and how they now live.

2. Do TWO of the following:

(a) Make a full authentic Indian costume.

(b) Make and decorate authentically three Indian articles approved by your counselor.

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

(d) Visit a museum to see Indian artifacts.  Talk about them with your counselor.  Identify at least 10 artifacts by shape, size and use.

3. Do ONE of the following:

(a) Learn three Indian games.  Teach and lead on game with a Scout group.

(b) Learn and show Indian-style cooking.  Cook three things.

(c) Show the Indian way of hunting, fishing, or trapping.

4. Do ONE of the following:

(a) Take part in an Indian show in which dances and songs, based on authentic Indian themes, are used.

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

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

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

(e) Show 25 signs in Indian sign language.  Include those that will help you ask for water, food, and where the path or road leads.

(f) Lean in English an Indian story of at least 300 words.  Tell the story at a Scout meeting or campfire.

(g) Write or tell about eight things adopted by the white man from the Indian.

(h) Learn 25 Indian place names.  Tell their origin and meaning.

(i) Name five well-known Indian chiefs.  Give their tribes.  Describe their relationship to history.

Requirements December 1977 until September 1995

1. Give the history of one Indian tribe, group, or nation.  This should be one that lives or has lived near your home.  Visit it, if possible.  Tell about the following:  dwellings, food preparation, dress, religious beliefs, kind of life, language, war, means of getting around, where the members, if any, now live and how they now live.

2. Do TWO of the following:

(a) Make a full authentic Indian costume.

(b) Make and decorate authentically three Indian articles approved by your counselor.

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

(d) Visit a museum to see Indian artifacts.  Talk about them with your counselor.  Identify at least 10 artifacts by shape, size and use.

3. Do ONE of the following:

(a) Learn three Indian games.  Teach and lead on game with a Scout group.

(b) Learn and show Indian-style cooking.  Cook three things.

(c) Show the Indian way of hunting, fishing, or trapping.

4. Do ONE of the following:

(a) Take part in an Indian show in which dances and songs, based on authentic Indian themes, are used.

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

(c) Plan and take part in an Indian campfire ceremony based on an 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 25 Indian place names.  Tell their origin and meaning.

(i) Name five well-known Indian chiefs.  Give their tribes.  Describe their relationship to history.