>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 14 22:17:07 1999 Received: from ideafamilies.org ([209.165.146.10]) by lists.sni.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA21761 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 22:17:06 -0700 (MST) Received: by ideafamilies.org from localhost (router,SLMail V3.2); Sun, 14 Mar 1999 20:06:24 -0900 Received: from mama [209.165.136.160] by ideafamilies.org [209.165.146.10] (SLmail 3.2.3108) with SMTP id 3531F216DA4E11D2B69B0008C70AFC1A for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> plus 1 more; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 20:06:22 -0900 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:18:21 -0900 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jeremy McKinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [RRGold] Why call it Pow Wow? In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-SLUIDL: 355CBEB2-DA4E11D2-B69B0008-C70AFC1A Spirit Rider, Good question, I think it's because when Indians got together they called it a Pow wow., but I might be wrong please correct me if I am. JBM At 04:39 PM 3/2/99 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Subj: Re: [RR] Pow Wow >Date: 3/2/99 3:01:14 PM EST > >All, >I never really thought about it before, but why do Royal Rangers use the word >Cwhen talking about District campouts or Cyber campouts? > >Later, >Noel"Spirit Rider"Bell > > >________________________________________________ > > > >*Love your questions *Spirit Rider! > >Time is eraseing several cultureal understandings... > >*When Royal Rangers began we were in a compareison race with >Boy Scouts as well as the Christian equilivilant's in Royal Ambassadors >and Christian Service Brigade.. > >The first "Powwow's" were around 1965-66 and generated the first patches >for events.. Terms in Scouting that were prevelant at that time were: >"Camporama" "Jamboree" "Camporee" ect... > >Cdr.Johnnie desired a "western-adventure" flavor to Royal Rangers as a >theam for Ranger events... In doing so he wanted us NOT to replicate >those common terms in scouting for a "gathering of Rangers"...... > >It was a innocent time, and our understanding of western culture was >as much shaped by 60's TV as by a study of native americans and their >assemblies, and associated activities at a "Powwow" > >*POWWOW: an american indian medicineman, a american indian ceremony, >as for victory in war, a social get-togather, a discussion of ideas.. > > > >Today... access to understanding the term has brought "Powwow" under >RR criticizum in the Northwest... *and I beleve the term "Rendezvou" might >shortly come under the same questioning. > >However.. *Traditions are also worthy! >and majority rules! *Powwow! *Powwow! > >POW....WOW! >-=A=- > >-=*Jes'Shake off the dirt and take a step up! ...The MULE *=- >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ----****X****---- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Royal Rangers... A Lifetime Adventure." >NWOP207 For the BOYS! * For Mitch Silvers! FcF July '66 >:: Duane -=A=- Wheeler * Portland,Oregon * Jesus is Lord :: >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -----****X****---- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > >_______ > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks!" RTKB&G4JC! > Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rangernet.org > _______ > > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rrgold" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
