"Sioux North" Tribe of the GA-Sioux Nation North Valley YMCA Y-Princesses

Left to Right: Tiger Lily, Shooting Star, Golden Dove, Little Bunny, and Singing River.

The November 1999 Nation Event was the Pilgrim Feast and Induction Ceremony. This event was held November 20, 1999 at the North Valley YMCA facility at Porter Ranch, out on the lawn. The Great Spirit cooperated with respect to the weather--although it had been raining in the morning, it was dry and clearing by the time of the feast. Our tribe was a cosponsor of the event, along with the Mohican tribe. Early in the morning, Crazy Horse went hunting at Smart and Final, and purchased lots and lots of food: hot dogs, veggie burgers, chili, macaroni and potato salad, and chips. Thunder Cloud returned from the far north to serve a primary cook, and manned the fire. At 5:00pm, the event started. Participating from the tribe were Crazy Horse, Tiger Lily, Laughing Bear, Singing River, Shooting Star, Thunder Cloud, Golden Dove, Runing Rabbit, and Little Bunny. We feasted on hot dogs (not too charred, please!) and the other goodies, but especially on the cupcakes, cookies, and pies provided by the dads.

After the feast, the ceremony begin. We started by reciting the six aims of the Indian Princesses program:

1. To be clean in body and pure in heart.
2. To be friends always with my father/daughter.
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.

We then welcomed the new members into the GA-Sioux nation, including our own Little Bunny (Red Feather and Little Cub would have been inducted at this time, but unfortunately they were unable to make it to the ceremony. They were inducted in absentia.) We then had a campfire, and Josie (the Y Father/Child program coordinator at NV-YMCA) led us in camp songs and stories. We saw how to smell shoes to tell fortures: some kids went on "trips"; a dad went on a "long journey". We sung and danced. We heard a story about a little girl with a hurt leg who wanted to be chief, but decided it was more important to show her love for her parents. We concluded by singing "Kum-by-ya".

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