BEAR CLAWS AWARD

MANDATORY:

Additionally:

CHOOSE Two (2) OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

TURTLE AWARD

MANDATORY:

Additionally:

CHOOSE Two (2) OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

HORSE AWARD

MANDATORY:

Additionally:

CHOOSE Two (4) OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

DEER AWARD

MANDATORY:

Additionally:

CHOOSE FOUR (4) OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

OWL AWARD

MANDATORY:

Additionally:

CHOOSE FOUR (4) OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

WOWITAN AWARD

MANDATORY:

Additionally:

CHOOSE FOUR (4) OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

RUNNING BEAR AWARD

MANDATORY:

Additionally:

CHOOSE FOUR (4) OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES LIST

____1.       Make a leaf scrapbook (actual leaves or leaf prints) of at least ten (10) leaves, and identify each leaf.

____2.       Teach your tribe an Indian Dance step.  (A good source is INDIAN CRAFTS AND LORE, by W. Ben Hunt).

____3.       Make an Indian peace pipe.

____4.       Take a canoe trip with your dad.  (A canoe trip at a nation event does not count for this activity.)

____5.       Make an Indian beadwork design out of beads.

____6.       Make an Indian costume with your dad.

____7.       Make an Indian pottery item.

____8.       Make a model of an Indian Wigwam (not a teepee).

____9.       Make a model teepee at least 10” high out of twigs and cloth.

____10.     Make a coup stick.

____11.     List six (6) snakes common to your area and give a general description of each and how to identify it.  (Include poisonous and non-poisonous snakes.)

____12.     List six (6) wild plants common to your area and give a general description of each and how to identify it.  (Include at least one poisonous plant.)

____13.     Take a one-mile nature hike with your dad.

____14.     Build a campfire and extinguish it before leaving. 

____15.     Find and recognize three (3) actual animal or insect habitats in the outdoors.

____16.     Cast three animal tracks out of plaster of Paris and identify each.

____17.     Row a boat or canoe and turn it left or right.  (Does not include campout activities.)

____18.     Camp out overnight in a teepee or tent with your dad.  (Does not include campout activities.)

____19.     Cook a meal over a campfire for yourself and your dad.

____20.     Tie six (6) knots and know what they are used for. 

OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES LIST

____21.     Catch a fish all by yourself.

____22.     Make a display collection (rocks, coins, leaves, etc.).

____23.     Build a birdfeeder with your parent and set it outdoors.

____24.     Identify the different birds that come to the birdfeeder for one hour.  Identify at least five (5) different birds.  (#23 is a prerequisite.)

____25.     Build a model of an Indian object of your choice.

____26.     Make an Indian centerpiece for the family table out of natural objects (twigs, leaves, cones, etc.).

____27.     Make up an Indian game and play it with your tribe.

____28.     Make an Indian scrapbook.

____29.     Whittle an Indian object out of wood (arrowhead, bear claw, totem pole, peace pipe, etc.).

____30.     Make an Indian leather craft project.

____31.     Carve an Indian object out of soap.

____32.     Draw an Indian picture and describe it to your tribe.

____33.     Plant a seed and take care of it until it is at least 2” high.

____34.     Tell an Indian story to your tribe (not to be read).

____35.     Take an outing with your dad to a museum where Indian relics are illustrated and explain what you saw to your tribe.

____36.     Star Gazing.  Show, by drawing from memory, five (5) constellations and the stars that make up that constellation.

____37.     Take and complete a course in archery.  Present your Certificate of Completion to your tribe.

____38.     Tell to your tribe the Indians’ involvement in the first Thanksgiving.

____39.     Show and/or tell to your tribe the following about the American Flag:

1. Meaning of the colors, stars, and stripes
2. Tell how to raise and lower a flag.
3. Tell or show how to fold a flag.
4. Recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
5. Tell or show how and when to salute the flag.

____40.     Build a birdhouse with your parent and show it to the tribe.

OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES LIST

____41.     Tell your tribe how to identify five (5) different trees common to your area (bark, shape, leaves, seeds, etc.). 

____42.     Tell your tribe the different parts of a tree, the function of the parts, and how the tree obtains food and water.

____43.     Plant two or more trees at least as tall as you are.

____44.     Make an Indian shoe box.

____45.     Make an Indian necklace.

____46.     Make an Indian tomahawk.

____47.     Identify the tribes who lived in your state. Display their whereabouts and some interesting facts about one or two of the tribes.

____48.     Make a drum.  Individually or as a tribe.

____49.     Identify (4) different types of clouds and explain any weather predictions that can be made from them.

____50.     Take a nature hike with your dad and photograph (5) animals or important nature scenes.  Show them to your tribe. (Not to be combined with other nature hikes.)

____51.     Show and identify the (4) coins used in the American money system. Explain their value and use them to make these amounts for your tribe:  $.36, $.42, $.71, $.98, $1.28.  (Turtle and Horse only.)

____52.     Make a tribal banner.

____53.     Research and report on the history of your tribe.

____54.     Explain to your tribe what the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Indian Affairs are and what they have to do with Indians.

____55.     Visit an Indian Reservation or an area where they once resided and report to your tribe.

____56.     Teach your tribe and Indian song.

____57.     Draw (5) clocks on a paper and draw the times asked by your tribe members.  (Turtle, Horse and Deer only.)

____58.     Learn to ride a horse or take a lesson.

____59.     Bake an old family recipe (cake, cookies, etc.) and serve it to your tribe.

____60.     Collect flint and tinder or construct a fire bow.  Use them to start a fire.

____61.     Visit a maple-sugaring house and report to your tribe how maple sugar is made.

____62.     Preserve one food item with a method used by the Indians (smoking, drying or salting).

____63.     Attend a Native American POW-Wow and describe it to your tribe.

____64.     Write an article about a Dad daughter event for the Smoke Signals.

____65.     Show to your tribe your Pathfinder t-shirt with the most recent year patch attached.  Note: this is the only optional activity item that can be repeated & used to satisfy an option item for each award.

____66.     Submit an article on a new (not listed) optional activity to Sandpainter for publication in “Smoke Signals”.

* Special Notation:  With the approval of the tribe, optional activities not listed may be done.  Then be sure to use #66 as well.