Little Braves assemble

On a chilly Sunday, the Little Braves of the Creek assemble to collect their coup . The tribe was awarded the mini War coup, and the mini Peace pipe. Great job, Mighty Creek.

Interservice Coordination

Two squids and a Coastie hoist the yardarm to improvise a banner stand

Dear Mom........

January 2008

Dear Mom,

I just wanted to tell you how much I LOVE being in the Indian Guides. The Creek tribe has been having a blast this month. We had a great meeting over at the house of Bob Cat and Wild Cat where we made a really cool craft. It was a tomahawk, which I decorated and than displayed at the campout.

Our tribe has been really busy earning feathers this month, some of my friends have been earning a lot of feathers: Wild Cougar, Fire Dragon, and Lightning Dragon have been especially busy. Also, Tiger Teeth, and Wild Cat earned some feathers at the campout.

Our campout this month was at Wickham Park. It was pretty good weather on Friday, but Saturday got a little questionable. As a proud member of the Creek, we stuck it out, and made it through the storm on Saturday night. Our tribe set up the nation display this month, and used a very creative set of tripods to hang the Nation banner. One of our favorite activities as little braves is to “chill” around the fire. We have learned that “what goes in the fire, stays in the fire.” Also, we had a pretty extensive fire extinguisher briefing at the meeting by a little brave named Fire Lizard. His friend, Rattlesnake, showed us his new first aid kit, and explained how to stay safe.

At the Saturday of this month’s campout, we were VERY busy. We got to swim in the Wickham Park lake, play War Games, do our own tribal displays, and work on a bunch of feather awards. Some of the older little braves, got their yellow bead/bearclaw award for learning how to use the camp shovel, camp saw, and safety of both.

The war games are a lot of fun, we got to do the long run, corn toss, and pancake toss. But my favorite was set up by our own tribe—a toxic waste challenge. We got to work with our big braves, and as a group, we came up with a solution to move a can using only ropes. It was a fun game.

Our tribe ended up winning some great coup. I am very proud to be a member of my tribe, the Creek, especially when we win coup, and I earn feathers at the meetings and campout. This month, we won the mini peace pipe for our displays, and the mini war coup for our great performance at the Nation War Games.

Mom, the most important part of all these great times, are the special moments I get to spend with my Dad. I know I am so special to him, because it is so important for him to put me first in his busy schedule. I love the great times I get to have with my Big Brave, thanks for letting us have this quality time together.

If you want to see some of the special moments I have experienced with my dad, click on the flickr link on the blog: www.creekofcanaveral.blogspot.com

Love, Your favorite Little Brave

News for the State Pow Wow

Big How!!!!
From the Timucuan Federation in Jacksonville. We cordially invite you to attend our annual Statewide Pow Wow. This event will be held in the Historical Suwannee River County at Spirit of the Suwannee located in Live Oak, FL. The Pow Wow will be March 6th-9th. All are welcome. "Back to the Past" is our theme for the event and we will have many events for the family to enjoy Traditional Native American performances will be some of our activities. We will also have vendors set up for buffalo meat (bbq, etc).This year we would like to welcome back all alumni Indian Guides and Princesses. Sacred Fire Ceremony will be held Friday night so please come early as you will not want to miss it. We will also be performing a Broken Arrow ceremony for anyone that wishes to break arrow. Arrows will be available for purchase at registration. Our website is at the following:www.timucuan.net (click on the 2008 StateWide link)The website is still under construction and we will be updating it regularly for additional entertainment and vendor lineup. I apologize but Paypal has not been approved from our YMCA therefore please follow the instructions on the registration form for payment information. For all of you Golf -a-Holics, we would like to gather interest in holding a golf outing on March 6th (Thursday). If you are interested, please contact our Registration Chief - Flaming Arrow at: bpquirk@bellsouth.net. We will be hosting a Trailblazer Clinic for the older kids on Friday and Saturday. The Spirit of the Suwannee offers great fun for the family. They have horseback riding, canoe rental, and golf cart trails available. Remember: Please keep checking the StateWide website for further updates. Hope to see you all in a couple of months. If I can answer any questions, please feel free to email me or call me.Big Wolf (Statewide Chief, Timucuan Federation Chief)Bryan Daviswaterguy95@aol.com904 237-7797

Yellow cloud ready to take tomohawk on warpath!!

Black Hawk's craft

New Craft: Tomohawk