Brother Andrew sends along a pointer to the Lodge web page. It seems, at least for now, that Lowanne Nimat will be using #219 as did Kayanernh-Kowa Lodge.
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Welcome back!
It official, form the Council newsletter:
The Kayanernh Kowa and Tahgajute Lodges have merged as of January 1, 2010. The new Lodge name is Lowanne Nimat which translates as ―Brothers of the North. The new Lodge totem is Gougou which translates as ―A giant, man-like beast.
This is an exciting time to be a member of the Order of the Arrow and to meet new friends bound together in brotherhood and service. Please make sure that your dues are paid and your membership is current so that you get to take part in all of the new activities including the upcoming annual Lodge banquet and the annual Spring Service Weekend to be held at Camp Woodland in May and the Re-Dedication in June.
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- Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
- Peter Ustinov
English actor & author (1921 – 2004)
As regular readers will remember, after Hiawatha Seaway Council absorbed Cayuga County Council, the new council changed its name to Longhouse Council. At the time, there were rumors the lodge would change its name too.
Ray Gould passes along some information he received on a new name for Kayanernh-Kowa Lodge#219.
Am passing it along for what it’s worth. …. I like the name and I had suggested the totem based on accounts by early settlers/explorers. I am really excited to have a totem which is FUN!
Here was the message he received:
The new lodge name is Lowanne Nimat which means (Brothers of the North) our totem is the Gougou which is like a Sasquatch. We need ideas for a new lodge flap possibly a design for it. We are looking to get it made so that we can give it to members at the Winter Banquet on March 6th.
The new name is confirmed on the Lodge website.
No word on if they will use any sort of number for the lodge. More information as it becomes available.
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“You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man’s age-old dream — the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order — or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. Plutarch warned, ‘The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.” –Ronald Reagan
That was the headline in the Watertown Daily Times in describing the situation between Cayuga County Council and the BSA after National pulled the Council’s charter and forced the merger with Hiawatha Seaway Council.
Merging of the Hiawatha Seaway Boy Scout Council and the Cayuga County Council hasn’t gone smoothly.
In a tussle over ownership of nearly $1 million in assets, a state Supreme Court judge has ruled that the former Cayuga Council must turn it over to the national Boy Scouts of America.
The Dec. 21 decision by Judge Ann Marie Taddeo determined that the BSA was within its rights not to renew the Cayuga Council’s charter and that once it is dissolved, all of the council’s property should revert to the BSA.
Follow the link for the full article.
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“Public affairs go on pretty much as usual: perpetual chicanery and rather more personal abuse than there used to be…” –John Adams
It official, I had earlier reported that Hiawatha Seaway Council was planning to change its name.
Steve Austin reported:
the 2 finalists that the Executive Board is voting on now are:Longhouse Council and Adirondack Foothills Council. I will let you know what wins as soon as I hear.
Second, the voting for a new council name is complete. We will now be called “Longhouse Council”. The new council name reflects the area’s rich Native American history that is a common bond throughout our entire service area. Of course, by-laws and court documents will need to be filed and we will complete that work in a timely manner.
No word on the Lodge or when a new CSP will be issued. The Council had earlier stated that the 2010 JSP set would have the new Council Name. Don’t know if this will be the first issue?
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- I’ve known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant.
- Ring Lardner
US author (1885 – 1933)
AuburnPub.com – Court rules against local Boy Scouts in merger battle
The New York Supreme Court in Cayuga County ruled on Dec. 21 that the Cayuga County Boy Scouts Council #366 must hand over the properties and assets it’s been holding just out of reach of the national Boy Scouts of America organization’s grasp.
This is where some of the assets of the old Cayuga County Council were withheld during the absorption by Hiawatha Seaway Council this past summer.
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- What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)
I recently wrote about a proposed name change for Hiawatha Seaway Council after its consolidation of Cayuga County Council.
While I had previously heard speculatuion that the lodge would make a similar change, I had no hard confirmation. Ray Gould provided the following in the comments to that post, but I wanted to provide them a wider audience.
I heard a convincing rumor that the lodge will choose a new name and will be a native American translation of one of the two phrases (either “Deep Snow” or “Peace of the Deep Snow”). Again these are rumor from a credible source and indicates one of two possible totems:
*the Bobcat
or
*the Gougou
(I proposed this one several months ago and certainly ties into local lore dating back several centuries…for more on the Gougou, I’m including an article I dug up at the time I’d proposed it): http://www.pressrepublican.com/homepage/local_story_108213458.html
He adds the following information about the current #219 totem and his proposal:
I’d lamented since day #1 of Lodge 219 that having a wampum belt was no fun for a totem and I sought to lead a grass roots effort to switch the totem to a moose (which would have been the only lodge to currently have that totem) by designing two lodge issues with a moose on them. Immediately thereafter, Lodge #34 was chartered with the moose totem eliminating any hope (and my desire) that lodge leadership would change it (the desire to change the totem was not purely selfish…from day #1 of Lodge #219, we ran into problems with the leadership of the local tribe with the Hiawatha Belt totem being a copyrighted image and had to modify it to some degree in order to avoid trouble…which only further made it’s use sort of meaningless…it was this situation which led me to desire a totem we could anthropomorphize and have some fun with). Since I did not wish to have a totem done ad-nauseum by other lodges, I sought regional lore indicative of early settler experiences and discovered the Gougou. Time will tell if it is chosen.
Thunderbirds aside, are there any other mythological Lodge totems?
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