Archive for August 25, 2007

Echockotee Lodge 200, new and newly found

Posted in Echockotee 200, Florida Lodges by Robert Mathis on August 25th, 2007 at 7:41 pm

200 Saturiwa Chapter R-1; 2007The latest piece to come from Florida (aka “God’s Waiting Room”) is out of Echockotee Lodge 200.  Saturiwa Chapter has made their first non-camporee patch (R-1), made in memory of a chapter member that passed away on January 17 of this year.  The Indian characature was used by Saturiwa’s Shawnee District as far back as the 1970s, and permission was obtained from Mohawk Carpets to use their logo for this patch.

Other recently found obscurities have also come from Echockotee.  The first, from Saturiwa Chapter, was for a camporee that was put on in 1998.  The “saturn” design is a totem of the chapter.  I have been assured that the design in the middle of the patch is an Indian.  I will have to take their word for it.

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Wauna La-Mon’Tay 442, 2006 Activity Issues

Posted in Oregon Lodges, Wauna La-Mon'Tay 442 by skyloo442 on August 25th, 2007 at 5:56 pm

442-2006set.jpgHere is the second in my series of activity patches from 442 Wauna La-Mon’Tay.  In 2006 the lodge again decided to issue patches for their 3 major events.

The general concept of the design was a medicine wheel with two feathers dangling from it.  The first event patch was issued for the Native American Arts & Ceremonis Seminar.  As you can tell it was left hand feather.  About 500 of theses were made and siince the events only had 150-200 attendees there were left over patches.

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