The featured speakers for the Walworth Cub Scout Pack meeting on March 06-09 were Tonia & Michael Loran who work at Ganondagan, who would be speaking about\u00a0the oral traditions and ceremonies of indigenous people.<\/p>\n
Michael\u2019s people are of the Northern Peyote tribe in Nevada and shared with us how, instead of wearing badges, patches and pins on a uniform, his ancestors\u00a0would tattoo their accomplishments on their skin. He told of his ancestors\u2019 rites of passage for boys to become accepted as men to hunt and provide for the\u00a0tribe. To be come accepted as a hunter, a boy would use his bow and arrow to kill small game such as squirrels and rabbits, to give to the elders who were\u00a0no longer able to hunt. Then, when the boy was about 13-years of age, he would go without his bow and arrow where the deer are to wait in a tree or perch,\u00a0perhaps for days, for a deer to come near enough for the boy to jump on his \u201cbrother\u2019s\u201d back and strangle him. The elders would sacrificially butcher the\u00a0deer and the boy would have to crawl under the up-turn antlers to signify passing through to manhood.<\/p>\n
Lacrosse was not played as a sport with protective padding and a small playing field. It was a means of keeping your body fit and trim. The playing field\u00a0may be many miles wide, such as from Canandaigua Lake to Seneca Lake.<\/p>\n
Michael told how the gift of maple syrup was mis-used, so the gift was altered to only come in the early spring and the people would have to boil 40-gallons\u00a0of the maple sap to get one gallon of sweet maple syrup.<\/p>\n
Tonia\u2019s people are the Mohawk and her clan is the bear. She introduced her children and noted that it is the belief of her people that during the ninth\u00a0month of pregnancy, a woman should not eat meat to ensure a healthy baby. Also during this time, the father runs every day for the same reason. Apparently\u00a0it is a good custom, because her children seemed healthy and happy.<\/p>\n
Tonia told a story of how her people believe the sharks came into the waters and how butterflies were given as gifts from the Gods.<\/p>\n
When she told the tale of the Grass People and the Chief, she came alive and truly became part of the story. As her clear, pleasant voice pronounced in\u00a0accented English the Grass People taunting the chief, saying: \u201cI am better than you.\u201d, her words flowed into the melodic, undulating sounds of an Indian.<\/p>\n
After the Chief vented his rage by grabbing hands-full of grass and eating it, his tummy began to rumble. Flatulence began to launch the chief all over the\u00a0place, until he conceded that, indeed, The Grass People were mighty. Evidence of this can be found in the shape of the Yellow Poplar that the chief held\u00a0onto to keep from being launched thither and yon. As you can imagine, her sound effects were fabulous as they got louder and louder, totally captivating her\u00a0laughing audience.<\/p>\n
Michael and Tonia invited everyone to visit the The Ganondagan State Historic Site: Preserving a Past. Providing a Future:<\/p>\n
P.O. Box 113, 1488 State Route<\/p>\n
444, Victor, New York 14564-0113<\/p>\n
phone: \u00a0(716) 742-1690<\/p>\n
www.ganondagan.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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