*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!
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> All,
> I never really thought about it before, but why do Royal Rangers use the
> word "Pow Wow"
> when talking about District campouts or Cyber campouts?
>
> Later,
> Noel"Spirit Rider"Bell
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