January 2010 – Pathfinder Volume 37
HAPPY NEW YEAR
FEDERATION READIES FOR WINTER CAMPOUTS
The Lake Prairie Federation wishes all our members a safe and safe 2011. After the
70’s themed roller skating event presented by the Everglades Expedition on January
8 (Princesses) and January 9 (Guides) at Hot Wheels Roller Rink in Mundelein, 2011
brings Winter Campouts. See the schedule below. Have fun!!!!!!
Guides Expedition
Acadia
Biscayne
Haleakala
Everglades
Grand Teton
Rocky Mountain
Date
February 4-6, 2011
January 21-23, 2011
February 4-6, 2011
February 4-6, 2011
January 21-23, 2011
February 4-6, 2011
Camp
Wonderland
Wesley Woods
Edwards
Wonderland
Wesley Woods
Wonderland
Princess Expedition
Yosemite
Mesa Verde
Denali/Sequoia
Grand Canyon
Voyageurs
Yellowstone
Date
February 18-20, 2011
February 25-27, 2011
January 14-16, 2011
January 14-16, 2011
February 25-27, 2011
February 25-27, 2011
Camp
Wesley Woods
Matawa
Matawa
Duncan
Matawa
Maclean
In this Issue
Cover Story
Federation Events
LPF Archives
Your Letters
Trail Blazers
Fun & Games
Leadership
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Upcoming Federation Events
DATE
January 8, 2011
10 AM - Noon
January 9, 2011
10 AM - Noon
February 13, 2011
EVENT
Roller Skating – Princesses
March 6-7, 2011
Pinewood Derby
Expedition Schedule TBA
Bowling – Princesses
Expedition Schedule TBA
Bowling – Guides
Expedition Schedule TBA
April 16, 2011
April 17, 2011
Roller Skating – Guides
Valentine’s Dance
LOCATION
Hot Wheels
Mundelein, IL
Hot Wheels
Mundelein, IL
Fredrick School
Grayslake, IL
Woodland
Grayslake, IL
Lakes Bowl
Round Lake, IL
Lakes Bowl
Round Lake, IL
Upcoming Trail Blazers Events
DATE
February 4-6. 2011
EVENT
Ski/Water Park
weekend
LOCATION
Cascade Mountain &
Great Wolf Lodge –
Dells, WI
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Y-ADVENTURE GUIDES 7 AIMS
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To be clean in body and pure in heart
To be “Friends Always” with my
father/mother/son/daughter
To love the sacred circle of my family
To be attentive while others speak
To love my neighbor as myself
To respect the traditions and beliefs of all people
To seek and preserve the beauty of the Great Spirit’s
work in forest, field, and stream.
2011 SKATING EVENT
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CHICAGO WOLVES PARTNER WITH LAKE PRAIRIE
FEDERATION FOR GRANT PROGRAM
Have a great time watching great hockey and help the Lake Prairie Federation at the
same time. You get a discount, and the Lake Prairie Federation receives additional
funds to help offset rising program costs. Attend as a family, or talk to your Chief
about the Expedition or Tribe attending the game together. If you order as one group,
the Wolves will get you a block of seats together. Send in your request early to get
the best seats.
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The newsletter was formerly named Smoke Signals. In 2004, when we
adopted the national park theme and transitioned from the Sioux
Federation under the YMCA Indian Guides & Princess Program to the
Lake Prairie Federation under the new YMCA Adventure Guides &
Princess program, the newsletter was re-branded and issued under its
current name of Pathfinder.
The Pathfinder staff has been perusing some old issues of Smoke Signals
and found some interesting items:
• April 1992’s edition identified Terry Weppler as Federation Chief.
Mr. Weppler is currently the Mayor of Libertyville.
• Smoke Signals was printed and sent via US Mail to every member.
• The May 1991 issue reminds members that cost for the Spring
campout is $35 per person, which included both Friday and
Saturday nights. Today, 20 years later, campout costs have risen
only to $70 per person for a 2-night stay.
• In 1991, Camp Tecumseh and Camp Anokjig were the two primary
Spring campout locations. It just goes to show how these camps
have endured to provide a fabulous setting for our Spring campout
celebrations.
• A 1991 graduate from the program (assuming 11 year old 5th
grader) would be 31 years old today.
• The October 1991 edition provides information about the Induction
Ceremony which was held at Big Bear Lake in Vernon Hills, IL just
as we do today. The ceremony was conducted by the Wisconsin
Indian Dance Team back then. The Smoke Signals issue included a
small saying:
We, father and son/daughter,
through friendly service to each other,
to our family,
to this tribe,
and to our community,
seek a world pleasing to the eye of the Great Spirit
Stay tuned for future looks back at our history.
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HISTORY LESSON
This past year in the Voyageurs Expedition, we put an emphasis on
creating new Tribal and Expedition property. We created a banner that
hangs from a totem pole. On the front of the banner were all the patches
that we've used over the years, old and new, courtesy of past Chiefs and
what we got from The Patch Store. On the back of the banner we put a
brief history of the program, the Federation and Voyageurs, which used
to be called the Minneconjou Nation. In that history, we listed every
single Nation/Expedition Chief from the first year of Minneconjou, This
spanned 1992-93 up through current Expedition Chief Liam Gallup.
To compile the history, I gathered this info by tracking down old Fed and
Nation Chiefs and talking to them. I got back as far as 1983 in talking to
Bill McNellis, the Fed Chief in 1990-91, before the trail ran cold.
There were just five Nations in 1991, but with so many tribes, they
would do campouts with half the tribes going on one weekend and the
other half going on another. That's what caused the creation of new
nations. The April 1992 Smoke Signals has the Fed meeting agenda that
dealt with the existing Nations, then Yankton and Teton, splitting up to
form new Nations. The proposed new Nations didn't even have names
yet, just Princess Nation #1, #2, #3, and Guides Nation #1 and #2. For
the record, Guides Nation #2 became Oglala, now Acadia; Princess
Nation #2 became Wahpeton, now Mesa Verde (my, how things have
changed), and Princess Nation #3 became Minneconjou, now Voyageurs.
The names Yankton (Princess Nation # 1) and Teton (Guides Nation # 1)
were kept. The Nation names were selected from different bands of the
Lakota Sioux.
Scott Anderson aka Grey Fox
Voyageurs & Rocky Mountain Expeditions
Proud Father of White Rabbit, Hawkeye and Little Brown Bear
Last of the Arapahoe
Editor’s Note: Scott Anderson forwarded the old Smoke Signals
documents highlighted on the prior page. These documents were
provided by Rod True, the first Minneconjou Nation Chief.
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MY FAVORITES
Some of my favorite activities so far this
year include the World's Largest Tailgate
party at the fall camp out at camp Lakotah.
We had to throw footballs at the pigs sitting
on a fence and kick field goals. Another
thing I really liked was the Punchbowl
football campfire where fire marshal Mighty
Oak arrived to ensure a safe fire. The Olympics I liked guessing how
many jellybeans were in the jar. Most recently at the Holiday Party
there was 4 jump houses, lots of games and fun balloon shapes. Soon
we have the winter campout and hope we have snow to sled. I hope
it is not below zero there but at least these cabins are nice and
heated.
Taylor Filicette - Shining Star
Mighty Tenaya / Yosemite Expedition
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THE PRINCESS PROGRAM
The first reason I like the Princess program is you get to go on
campouts with your Dad or Mom and do fun stuff like crafts. And you
get to do races with your tribe. It is really fun at the campouts, and
you get to play games too.
Second reason is that my Dad is the Chief and I get to help him with
stuff like passing out flying pigs or football whistles to the girls. I
really like helping him with stuff and being with him at the campouts,
and with my sister Nicole.
My third reason is I get to watch movies at the campouts, and get to
sleep on bunk beds with my sister and Dad.
Fourth is I like to horseback ride with my tribe, and I like to talk to
all my friends and make up little plays and chants with the Tenaya
girls.
I also like pumpkin bowling with the other tribes.
I just really like the Princess program.
So have fun and be good at the campouts, so you
don't have to come home from the campout for
being bad.
Samantha Mock - Fire Flower
Yosemite Expedition - Mighty Tenaya Tribe
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SPARKLING SNOWFLAKE’S FAVORITES
I am having so much fun in my second year
with Tenaya. So far this year my favorite
things are...
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Chasing and tackling the punky QB
Grey Cougar at the fall campout,
remember we got a funny sounding
whistles
I liked archery at the fall campout
At the Induction Ceremony I liked the
fireworks and walking through the
teepee of fire
Kicking a field goal at the Olympics
was fun.
I liked the bounce houses and the
balloons at the holiday party
I love roller skating and I can't wait for the
daddy daughter dance and the campouts.
My favorite Tenaya chant for the snake
dances is: "Extra, Extra, Read All About It,
We're the Tenaya and We're Gonna Shout
It! TENAYA! Told You We Were Going to
Shout It, No Doubt About It!"
But mostly I like spending time with my Dad and
sisters especially when he was the chief.
Jordan Filicette - Sparkling Snowflake
Yosemite Expedition - Mighty Tenaya
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WHAT I LOVE BEST ABOUT THE PRINCESS PROGRAM
What I love about the Princess program is when
we go to meetings.
It is so much fun to see my tribe and mess
around with them!
Sometimes we will go to a house, and
sometimes we go bowling!
But what I love BEST of all the things I do is
spending time with my sister and Dad!
Nicole Mock - Sun Flower
Yosemite Expedition - Mighty Tenaya Tribe
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GROWLING TIGER GOES GAGA FOR GAGA BALL
We went to the Holiday party. My brothers and I
walked around. We played games. We ate hotdogs.
But my favorite thing was Ga-Ga. My dad even played!
It was fun.
Zach Estell - Growling Tiger
Haleakala Expedition – Hawaii Tribe
WILD BILL’S FUN CRAFT PRJECT
Hosting an Adventure Guides meeting is fun. But boys are not usually
inclined to sit in one place and quietly work on a craft. So the biggest
challenge is finding an activity or craft the boys will enjoy. I wanted
to share a successful craft and activity from our last meeting making a Bull Roarer. These were used by American Indian children
as noise makers. They were also used by the medicine men to drive
away evil spirits with the noise they make. It is simply a
flat piece of wood at the end of a string. When whirled
around the head, a whizzing or moaning sound is made.
If you’ve seen Crocodile Dundee II this is the device the
character Mick Dundee uses to ‘make a phone call’. Once
made you now have a noisy activity for the boys! Just
make sure there is nothing breakable
nearby.
John Estell - Wild Bill
Haleakala Expedition – Hawaii Tribe
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DUNCAN BEATS LAKOTA
Hi my name is Grace Reblin. I am here to tell you
about Yosemite that I am in. My favorite thing is
the campouts. My favorite thing is stinky foot. I
am going to tell you about the parties that we
have every year. We have a daddy daughter
dance, and we have a holiday party. I am going to
you about a little about stinky foot. We go to
cabins and put stinky foot in their cabin and run
away so they can’t see you .I am going to tell you
about the camp grounds .The favorite camp
ground is Camp Duncan. The least favorite camp
ground is Camp Lakota The last thing I am going
to tell you about is the meetings. We do crafts we
eat food we drink water, coke, Gatorade, and lot
of other drinks too. That’s what we do at
campouts and meetings.
Grace Reblin – Wild Rose
Yosemite Expedition – Tenaya Tribe
TECUMSEH IS TOPS
Hi this is Luke Reblin. I am 11 years old and I am in the
FALCON tribe. I just wanted to say that Campouts are
really fun. My favorite campsite is Tecumseh. My
favorite part is the archery and horseback riding. The
Olympics, the holiday party and the parades are my
three favorite events. At the holiday party you can play
in the bounce houses and lots of fun games.
At the Olympics you can play a lot of
extremely fun games and if you are lucky you
can host a game. At the parades you throw
candy to the people on the side of the roads.
That is all my favorite events and campsite.
Luke Reblin – Little Lightning
Acadia Expedition – Falcon Tribe
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HOLIDAY PARTY FOOD PANTRY DONATION
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HAPPY NEW YEAR WORD SEARCH
How many of the word below the puzzle can you find? Words can go
in three directions. Æ Ì È
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Do you have a story or a picture to share of a special time in the Y-Adventure Guides and
Princess Program? Contributors to the Pathfinder will receive a special “PATHFINDER”
patch for their vest or special treat. Submit articles and pictures to Kevin Mooney @
moonpup@sbcglobal.net. Submissions should include author’s name, program name,
expedition, and tribe.
2010 - 2011 Lake Prairie Federation Officers
Federation Chief
Asst. Federation Chief
Federation Sage
Compass Bearer
Asst. Compass Bearer
Camp Scout
Asst. Camp Scout
Map Maker
Asst. Map Maker
Outfitter
Asst. Outfitter
Sentinel
Asst. Sentinel
Log Keeper
Treasure Keeper
Asst. Treasure Keeper
Web Spinner
Asst. Web Spinner
Messenger
Flag Bearer
Trail Blazers President
Carl Shurboff
OPEN
Jim Erker
Kevin Shoemaker
OPEN
Louis Lieberman
Ray Eby
Dan Makeever
OPEN
Jim Filicette
Jim Erker
Doug Renz
OPEN
Todd Killian
John LeHocky
Matt Boyle
Matt Nevel
Tom O’Keefe – Andy Edmonds
Kevin Mooney
Kevin Mooney
Kevin Shoemaker
If you are interested in participating in a Federation position, please
contact any of the officers listed above for more information. This
Program benefits greatly from the talents and commitment of the individuals
listed above. Come share your talents and be a part a great team.
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