The tribe poses at the fire ring

Aho Mighty Creek! (as posted by Gray Wolf, stepping up to Chief!)

The Canaveral Nation’s camp-out (Moon of Aging-Out) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday was great!!! In my opinion, correct me if I speak with fork tongue my fellow participants.

To start, camp set-up went fairly easy thanks, to the pre-positioning of the tribe’s equipment/tools by the oh so missed presence of the Cats and the help of the Cougar's with selection and orientation which made for easy access and circulation between the various teepees and the long house. The Lizards arrived at the weekend’s rendezvous with weekend’s supplies. All the while listening to the background music of the Monkeys, some friends of Bob Henry, despite the fact that they were fishing in the Banana River catching redfish. As dusk arrived so did the Tigers with the evening’s kill (chicken wings) to be deep fat fried and laden with sauces from the village of the Coconut. Celebration around the campfires of the nation continued into the morning hours of the big and little brave’s Friday.

Saturday brought an early rise, except for the Cougars, to the tribe with the smell of coffee, bacon and sausage, pancakes and eggs prepared on the tribe’s aged kitchen. As usual there was running around, done by the big and little braves of all the tribes to the sporting events prior to the nation’s war games.

The Creek took many coupe on the field of combat as witnessed by the taking of the war-game coupe, nation war coupe, and mini peace pipe which is equal to winning two (2) out of three (3) of the nation’s war games. The successful taking of coupe can be recognized as a result of the cunning set-up of the tribe’s war-game by Grey Wolf (Paul B.) and Gray Wolf (Tom B.) along with the late arrival by Bobcat, Wildcat, and Black Wolf and their skills to push the tribe past Cherokee and Navajo advances. The evening was ushered in by a celebratory meal of roasted tenderloin of hog, Mac and Cheese with poached greens for a serving of twenty-five (25), all to be worked off by the tribe at the ceremonial fire-walk.

The scared Fire-Walk steered toward the presentation of five (5) advancement awards to the following Creek little braves:

o Rattle Snake – Bear Claw
o Wolf Fang – Eagle Feather
o Ice Lizard – Eagle Feather
o Wildcat – Eagle Feather
o Black Wolf – Eagle feather

Upon closing the nation’s Saturday night ceremonies, the attending Creek tribal elders made much reflection as to the continuation of previous leadership deliberations concerning the passing tribal leadership for the many moons of 2009. Gray Wolf volunteered, to the many cajoles of the big braves, providing Mighty Lizard and King Snake become Sachem once and twice removed to offer council for this path of direction to be taken on the setting of the evening’s moon.

Sunday fetched in another of the Great Spirit’s stunning Florida sunrise and another tribal breakfast with good coffee, fruit, juice, and organically raised cows, hogs and hens staples from the farm of the white eyes at Publix trading post. Once the tribes divided the nation’s coupe the Creek broke camp and headed to their family lodges.

Cup o' Water War Game

The Creek water carrier team poses after a blue ribbon finish for the water transfer using spoons game!

Eagle Feather Awardees with "Big Chief"

Bob Cat loses a tooth

Little Braves collect the coup

Creek Scores mucho Coup

Creek April Campout 2008 (as told by Mighty Lizard--new Sachem)

One of the best campouts ever!! The tribe enjoyed perfect weather, great times, and lots of father and son bonding.

Friday night we had some special guests show up for the Wing Cook off. Dried up Creek members from years past joined us for some campfire camaraderie. We dined on superb wings brought by George including 3 different kinds of sauces. We were testing out the tribe’s cooking equipment, and we’ll be looking for some more wing events in the future. One of the emphasis will be to avoid any future flare-ups from the grease and ensuing pyrotechnics display.Dads enjoyed some camp camaderie as the boys sat for hours around the campfire. We all enjoyed the classic vinyl station pumped through the Sirius radio.

Meals were great as prepared by Broph, Saturday’s meal was superb pork tenderloin prepared for 25!! A Creek dessert favorite was prepared, than consumed by the Little Braves—SMORES!!

Even though sports participation outside the camp was in full gear, the tribe’s overall performance reached new heights. In fact, of all the Little Braves who were whisked off to outside sporting events, everyone asked to stay with the Tribe. In the Long Run, we had notable performances by Ice Lizard, Fire Lizard and Tiger Teeth.

Our War Game was a huge hit, the Baseball throw was enjoyed by all the dads and boys alike. The Cherokee horseshoe toss, and the Navajo Cup o’ Water challenge rounded out a very exciting afternoon.

The Creek displays were awesome, especially as Rattlesnake showed off his crafts for the 2nd Eagle Feather. He constructed an Indian calendar, as well as a knot display.

Speaking of Eagle Feathers, at Saturday’s Nation campfire, Little Braves of the Creek were awarded 5 Eagle Feathers. I say again, a Canaveral nation record—5 Eagle Feathers. This culminates a lot of blood, sweat and tears for the following Little Braves: Wild Cat, Black Wolf, Wolf Fang, Ice Lizard and Rattlesnake (2nd Eagle Feather). These little Braves have much to be proud of, and have inspired all the tribe’s Little Braves.

Much surprise and cheering ensued at Sunday’s closing ceremony. The Creek was awarded 3 of the most highly coveted coup. After scoring blue ribbons in the Baseball throw, and the Cup o’Water wargame challenges, the tribe scored highest and walked away with the Nation War Coup—the highest honor of the campout!! In addition, we won the War Game spear for the best War Game and the Mini Peace Pipe for runner up for displays. This was no small feat, and all the members of the mighty Creek tribe have much to be proud of. As the cheer went up for Creek, we got another surprise as Bob Cat lost a tooth in the fervor of victory we were enjoying.

Sunday, the camp break down was a cinch! It was acclaimed as the fastest Creek camp break down in history. This was through the efforts of all the Big and Little Braves cooperation with each other, and the pride and spirit the tribe has grown to through a very exciting year.

Feather Winners!

What a Campout!!