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 "Pow Wow" when 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]
