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The 6 Aims

The Chumash Nation is one of the many parent/child groups participating in the YMCA Programs sponsored by the South Coast YMCA in the City of Laguna Niguel, California, serving the cities of Laguna Niguel, Laguna Beach and Aliso Viejo.

The purpose of the program is to create meaningful memories with our sons, while having fun and making new friends. Along the way, we seek to increase awareness and respect for Native American Cultures. Download the Six Aims pdf file here.

• To love the sacred circle of my family.
• To be clean in body and pure in heart.
• To share understanding with my father/son.
• To listen while others speak.
• To love my neighbor as myself.
• To seek and preserve the beauty of the Great Spirit's work in forest, field and stream.

Awards - Hand of the Great Spirit

Wanted! Fathers and Sons who want to have fun and make memories whle earning coveted patches! The Chumash Nation announces the "hand of the great spirit" incentive program. Your son will only be young once... now is the time to build the relationship that will be the foundation for the rest of your life! Earn your patch in four sections:

• First, Howl of the Coyote.
• Second, Claw of the Bear.
• Third, Fang of the Wolf.
• Fourth, Eye of the Eagle.

Just complete 10 of the items in each and get the approval of your tribal cheif and you and your son will be acknowledged in front of the entire nation at the next nation event or campout! Download the Hand of the Great Spirit pdf file here.

Headband - YGuides

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 Native Americans, whenever someone achieved an outstanding feat, its significance was recognized by the 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 services 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 there, 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.”