Anpetu-We Lodge
Sioux Chapter
How to Get Involved
New Members have numerous opportunities to get involved in Sioux Chapter. These opportunities are differently suited for different types of people. If you are interested in any of these opportunities contact the chapter advisor.
The Sioux chapter conducts the pre-Ordeal ceremony at the Fall and Spring Reunions. We currently are greatly in need of people to learn Ceremony parts for the pre-Ordeal. New members are welcome to come and learn ceremony parts for ceremony teams, receive information on making Native American regalia, and become an integral part of the chapter at the chapter meetings. You may not be interested in learning a part, that's okay, we need help to serve as torch bearers and guides as well as those will to make torches, smudge pots, and help prepare our ceremony ring before the Fall Reunion, Those interested in Ceremonies should contact the Chapter Advisor.
Within the Sioux chapter, we have a Native American dance team. Our dance team could always use new people to help freshen up old ideas, strengthen the team, or who just want to learn. This year we are also going to try to introduce new dances to the chapter. In the past our repertoire consists of the dances called the ruffle, the fluffy, the tomahawk, the friendship dance, and the snake dance. The team trains at chapter meetings and in some cases at the troop level. They perform in the spring at blue and gold banquets throughout our chapter and on Wednesday nights at summer camp.
The Sioux chapter camp promotion team is headed by the 1st Vice Chief. In the late winter and early spring, the camp promotion teams travel throughout our chapter promoting summer camp in the troops. help from OA members already within the troops is crucial to the success of these teams. In order for promotion to reach maximum effectiveness, members of the troop can remind scouts of how fun camp is. New members to promote camp in our chapter, even if just in their own troop, would be welcome and effective.
Service is the backbone of OA. We hold several service projects annually in our chapter. The idea of this is to serve our fellows and to give Scouting and the Order a good name in our communities. We would like all Brothers to get involved in these projects regardless of time spent in the Order. They are usually in the spring and early summer, but can occur at any time of the year. It is likely that the chapter will hold one project on the Road into Camp Lewallen and another on one of the Council's properties such as Pool or Baker Lodge. Any input from members would be appreciated. Anyone who has an idea should please contact the Chapter Advisor.
When all of us were inducted, we had an elangomat, and from time to time we all need to serve in this function. All Arrowmen are encouraged to serve in this way. New members may benefit from it particularly in strengthening the ties of brotherhood which we all have pledged to regard as lasting. It also can help out if you are studying for Brotherhood.
Every troop in Sioux chapter needs an OA troop representative. The troop representative serves as a liaison between the lodge and chapter and the troop. Troop representatives are chosen by their Senior Patrol Leaders with the approval of the Scoutmaster. The duties of a representative are to have an active attendance at chapter meetings and functions, to have active attendance to lodge functions, to relay information from the chapter to his troop, to help promote camping year round, to have a camp promotion team come and promote to his troop, to organize troop service projects, to encourage troop members to become active in OA, to preside over his unit's OA elections, to teach basic scouting skills, and to reflect Scouting and the Order in everything that he does. This position is to be held by a youth member of the Order not over 18 years of age. The position is one that may be used to count for rank advancement for Star, Life, and Eagle. Scouts interested in being a troop representative should talk to their Senior Patrol Leader and their Scoutmaster and then contact our Chapter Advisor.
This is not an official position of BSA, therefore, does not have a sleeve patch for uniform wear, but it is a necessary part of lodge and chapter function. The OA advisor's duties are simple: he gives advice to the troop representative, gives support to the representative, is active in attendance to chapter and lodge meetings and functions, and most importantly of all-- he gives transportation for the troop representative to OA functions. The advisor is to be an adult over the age of 21 decided upon by the Scoutmaster. Anyone interested in serving as troop advisor should talk with their Troop's Scoutmaster and with our Chapter Advisor.
In OA, we encourage everyone to complete Brotherhood, but many members are discouraged by the questionnaire and seem to have received little information on the subject. Brotherhood questioning and practice questioning will be offered at Chapter meetings to help new members complete this important step in the Order. Those who have questions about Brotherhood or would like to schedule a questioning, study session, or who are Brotherhood members who would like to help question, should contact our Chapter Advisor.
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