San Clemente Nation

Hand of the Great Spirit
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Just complete 10 of the items and get the approval of your tribal chief and you and your son will be acknowledged in front of the entire nation at the next nation event or campout!

Howl of the Coyote: (Kindergarten)

____ Tell the story of the headband to your father.
____ Tell a story using Native American symbols.
____ Draw Native American Symbols for your Y-Guide name as well as your father’s.
____ Visit an exhibit of Native American lore.
____ Prepare and present a Native American dance or skit.
____ Learn your home phone number, home address, and e-mail address. Tell them to your father.
____ Find your house on a map, learn the closest major cross streets to your house, and tell them to your father.
____ Know your father and mother’s first and last names.
____ Demonstrate to your father how to cross the street with a signal and without a signal.
____ Point out three poisons in the home.
____ Tell the tribe ‘what to do’ in case of fire.
____ Go on a hike of at least one mile with your father and write down notes on what you see.
____ Attend a nation event with your father.
____ Make a scrapbook of your outings with your father and tribe.
____ Convince your father to be a tribe chief.
____ Lead the tribe in the ‘Pledge of Allegiance.’


Date Completed: ____Tribe: _________________________
Chief’s Signature: ___________________
Son’s Name: ______________Son’s Indian Name: __________________
Father’s Name: ____________Father’s Indian Name: ________________
"Hand of the Great Spirit"

Claw of The Bear: (1st Grade)

____ Tell how Native Americans used the following animals: horses, buffalo, bears and deer.
____ Draw a Native American symbol for five different animals.
____ Tell your tribe a Native American story using pictures drawn by you, the brave.
____ Make a Native American craft with your father and show it to the tribe.
____ Look for hazardous conditions in the house and yard with your father. Correct them and write down what you did.
____ Swim from one side of a pool to the other.
____ Go on a hike of at least two miles with your father. Write down what you saw.
____ Learn a Native American sport and play it with your father.
____ Do two sit-ups, one push-up, a forward roll and a backward roll.
____ Help dad wash the car.
____ Do something special to others who are less fortunate.
____ Make a picture of you, your father and all the fathers and sons of your tribe and show it to the tribe.
____ Help dad prepare a family breakfast.
____ Take the family pet on a walk with your father.
____ Read a story to your father.
____ You and your father lead the tribe in singing "God Bless America"


Date Completed: ____Tribe: _________________________
Chief’s Signature: ___________________
Son’s Name: ______________Son’s Indian Name: __________________
Father’s Name: ____________Father’s Indian Name: ________________

The Fang Of The Wolf: (2nd Grade)

____ Name five birds, draw a picture of each of them and then describe them and their habits to the tribe.
____ Name animals, draw a picture of each of them and then describe them and their habits to the tribe.
____ Plant vegetable seeds and tell the tribe how to grow them.
____ Help your father bake and decorate a cake for a special occasion.
____ Go to a professional car or motorcycle race with your father.
____ Lead a song with your father at a campfire.
____ Demonstrate proper use of a knife or hatchet to the tribe.
____ Learn water safety rules and tell them to the tribe.
____ Visit a police or fire station.
____ Go on a hike (or bike ride) of at least five miles with your father and write down what you see.
____ Swim two laps in a pool.
____ Go regular or miniature golfing with your father.
____ Go paint-balling with your father.
____ Convince your father to be a Nation Officer.
____ Do a good deed for an elderly person.
____ You and your father lead the tribe in "Star Spangled Banner."


Date Completed: ____Tribe: _________________________
Chief’s Signature: ___________________
Son’s Name: ______________Son’s Indian Name: __________________
Father’s Name: ____________Father’s Indian Name: ________________


The Eye Of The Eagle: (3rd Grade)

____ Make a model together with your father.
____ Study the history of a tribe. Tell your tribe facts about this tribe’s shelter, food, sources, what part of the country they lived in, and any other interesting facts.
____ Learn 10 Native American hand signs and make three sentences with hand signs.
____ Make your own prayer and write it down, say it to your father.
____ Report to the tribe on a famous Native American from history.
____ Go with your father into the voting booth on election day and then report to the tribe.
____ Swim 10 laps with your father.
____ Go to a professional sporting event with your father.
____ Go fishing with your father.
____ Go on a hike (or bike ride) of at least 10 miles with your father.
____ Learn how to use all the items on a First Aid kit and then demonstrate to the tribe.
____ Know the names of five Native American tribe nations.
____ Set up your tent in your backyard and spend the whole night outside with your father.
____ Make a bird house or feeder and keep a record of all the birds that visit within a week.
____ Prepare a complete meal w/ your father over an outdoor fire.
____ Lead the tribe in the song "America The Beautiful".


Date Completed: ____Tribe: _________________________
Chief’s Signature: ___________________
Son’s Name: ______________Son’s Indian Name: __________________
Father’s Name: ____________Father’s Indian Name: ________________
 
 

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