2012 Carolina's Order of the Arrow Indian Seminar
Friday, January 20, 2012 to Sunday, January 22, 2012
Mitchell Community College Continuing Education Center, Statesville, NC
“It is a teaching weekend with intensive classes on many aspects of Native dance, clothing, and
culture aimed at Boy Scout Order of the Arrow Lodges, Scouts, Venture Crews, and others
interested in respectfully preserving Native culture and traditions. The two pow-wows held
during the weekend are for seminar participants, are not competitive and no prizes are
awarded.” ~Hosted by Eswau Huppeday Lodge, Piedmont Council, North Carolina- Boy Scouts of America
Cost for the weekend is $38.00
Price includes Seminar patch, information booklet and schedule, on site sleeping, Friday night snack,
Breakfast, Lunch, Supper, and snack Saturday, and Sunday Breakfast. Staying in local motels is a
possibility, but needs to be addressed soon. Moneys will be needed for a meal on the trip to the
college. (Transportation options will depend on youth interest and the number of adults attending
willing to transport, please contact for further information)
Contact Alex Foster, [email protected] or Elaine Foster, [email protected] for further information
Carolinas O.A. Indian Seminar
Cost: $38.00
Due by December 30, 2012
NAME_________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS______________________________________________________________________
CITY, ST ZIP____________________________________________________________________
PHONE_____________________________________________________ (Please include area code)
EMAIL__________________________________________________________________________
Month, Day & Year of Birth ____ / ____ / ______ BSA ID # ____________________
CHAPTER ___________________________ UNIT _______________
Mail to:
Mowogo Lodge
PO Box 316
Oakwood, GA 30566
OR preferred registration payment method:
See online registration and payment form
Classes that were offered at past year’s Carolinas OA Indian Seminar included:
Advanced O.A. ceremony techniques
Advanced gourd dance
Appliqué beadwork
Basic dancing
Basic finger weaving
Basic Kiowa gourd dance
Basic wrapped quillwork
Beaded rosettes
Capote construction
Choker construction
Cont traditional clothing
Contemporary traditional bustle construction
Contemporary traditional dance
Drum construction and repair
Edge beading
Fancy dance bustle construction
Fancy dancing
Flat fans
Flutes & flute making
Giveaways
Gourd dancing
Gourd stitch beadwork
Grass dance clothes
History of straight dance
How to M.C. a powwow
How to start silver working
Indian toys and games
Inkle loom weaving
Intro to contemporary traditional
Intro to fancy dance
Intro to grass dance
Intro to old style
Intro to straight dance
Iroquois clothing
Iroquois music and dance
Judging dance contests
Ladies dance steps
Lazy stitch beadwork
Leather lace-making
Legends and folklore
Loom beadwork
Loose feather fans
Medicine bundles – pouches
Men women Crow clothes
Mirror boards
Native plants for dye/color
Northern ladies dance clothes
Old style bustle construction
Old style dancing
Parfleches history and construction
Pipes and pipe carving
Plains hardsole moccasin construction
Plateau clothing
Quilled plaiting
Ribbon shirt construction
Ribbon work
Roach tying
S.E. clothing overview
S.E. moccasin construction
Scalp feather construction
Sewn quillwork
Shawl construction
Sioux colors and designs
Southern ladies clothes
Southern singing
Start / train ceremony team
Starting a dance team
Stitch beadwork
Straight dance clothing
The singers’ way
Tipi life/tours
Tomahawk throwing
Transition old style to traditional
War bonnet construction
War dance Ponca style
Warclub horsestick quirts
Women’s Gourd dance