Guides Program

Purpose	The purpose of the guide grogram is to foster understanding and companionship between father and son.
Membership	Father and son ages 5 to 12.
Pledge	We, father and son, through friendly service to each other, to our family, to this tribe, to our community, seek a world pleasing to the eye of the Great Spirit.
Slogan	The slogan "Pals Forever" means that father and son have a close, enduring relationship in which there is communication, understanding, and companionship. The guides program encourages such a relationship by providing a means for father and son to share enjoyable experiences, to observe and learn about one another, and to develop mutual respect.
Aims	1.To be clean in body and pure in heart. 2.To be pals forever with my father/son. 3.To love the sacred circle of my family. 4.To listen while others speak. 5.To love my neighbor as myself. 6.To seek and preserve the beauty of the Great Spirit's work in forest, field and stream.
Headband	The central theme of the headband is the eye of the Great Spirit surrounded by the four winds of heaven. The feathered arrow designs that extend right and left from the central symbol represent the useful services of father and son. Among the American Indians, whenever someone achieved an outstanding feat, its significance was recognized by the Indian tribe, often in the form of feathers. The fact that the father and son achievements are united in the center of the design is interpreted to mean that fathers and sons together, under the eye of the Great Spirit, are seeking to help each other in the service they render. On the right side of the headband are the symbols of the mother and the home. A line connects the mother symbol to home, which is symbolized by the fire in the tepee. On the left are symbols of father and son. Their relationship is represented by the line that joins the two symbols. These symbols add to the richness of the central theme, for it is in service to mother and home that many of the more significant achievements of father and son will take place. Far to the right are symbols of day and forest. Far to the left are symbols of mountain, lake, field and stream, with the moon for night. These symbols enrich the central theme, giving broader scope to services by centering the efforts of father and son on village and community life, and as the aim states, "in forest, field, and stream."