1. Print out a paper and match the months to the moons names.
| 1 January | a Heat moon |
| 2 February | b Grass moon |
| 3 March | c Falling leaf moon |
| 4 April | d Snow moon |
| 5 May | e Long night moon |
| 6 June | f Rose moon |
| 7 July | g Hunting moon |
| 8 August | h Hunger moon |
| 9 September | i mad moon |
| 10 October | j planting moon |
| 11 November | k thunder moon |
| 12 December | l crow moon |
Answers 1/d, 2/h, 3/l, 4/b, 5/j, 6/f, 7/a, 8/k, 9/g, 10/c, 11/i, 12/e
Prayer: Oh great spirits, Creator of all things, human beings, trees, grass, berries, Help us to be kind to us. Let us be happy in earth
Academics and sports
Communicating- American Indians did not write to each other with pens and paper. They used hides and homemade dyes to communicate their important thoughts through drawings. Cub scouts have many ways to communicate. Encourage each boy to record his history and to earn the communicating belt loop pin
Sports- Marbles. The weather is getting colder, so its a good time to move indoors for sports and games. Some American Indians played with marbles made from fir balsam pitch or stones. The marbles were rolled down a board to see which could go the farthest.
Indian skills relay- Stop 1 Crossing the river. Make 5 to 10 stones out of cardboard, Space these 1 to 2 feet apart. Cubs musts cross over without stepping off or they will need to start over and try again. Stop 2 Hunting for Dinner. Have target cutouts Give each cub three straws with the wrappers still on then, Have them blow the wrappers at the targets. Stop 3 Hitching your horse. Tie the "horse" to the post with an overhand knot. Stop 4 Stacking firewood. Have pieces of wood in a heap. have the boys stack the wood in teepee style then knock over to put out the fireStop 5 Making a bedroll Cubs take the time to unroll a sleeping bag climb inside get out and then roll it back up.
Buffalo Robe- Materials needed: tempera paint in assorted colors, large sheets of brown Kraft paper or large brown bags, paintbrushes and newspaper. Tear the paper into a shape of a buffalo skin. Crumble the paper well with hands. Paint symbols or designs onto the hide using various colors and let dry.
Bead Necklace-Materials- Homemade clay, drinking straws, leather lacing. Each scout makes several beads out of the clay, Use the drinking straws to make holes for the lacing to go through, After baking the beads according to the clay directions string the beads.
Homemade clay- Materials- 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, 2 t. veg oil, 3/4 to 1 cup water. Mix together flour and salt. Add the oil and then slowly add the water and stir until you get a nice clay consistency. Once completely mixed, form clay into the desired shape. Bake in a 250 degree oven for appox. 1 hour. this will vary depending on how big the shapes are.
Hand wrestling or leg wresting
Lakota Relay race- Set up cones to represent trees rivers and mountains, split the den into groups, first boy races past trees, hops over the second cone for a river and runs around the 3rd as if a mountain. return the same ways then tag your next team mate to do the same until each person in the group has run the relay.
Tom-tom Neckerchief slide-Materials- cardboard tube, black felt, lace, heavy thread, 1 in pvc pipe. Cover the top and bottom of a section of the cardboard tube with black felt and lace together with heavy thread or string. Decorate with feathers or beads. Glue on a slide ring made from PVC pipe.
Stick dice-Materials- 3 craft sticks per boy, red and black markers. Decorate the sticks all black on one side and all red on the other side
To play the game 2 scouts take turns throwing the stick dice. The 1st player tosses the dice on the floor. The score depends on how the dice fall. each take turns until they it 20 pints.
Scoring Three black sides up =3 points, three red sides up= 2 points two black and 1 red =1 point and 2 red and 1 black = 0 points
Mohawk dish- Material- Plum or peach pit, markers, wicker basket or plastic bowl. Mark one side of each pit with a stripe. Divide the den into 2 teams 1st player puts all the pits into the bowl and tosses them into the air and catches them in the bowl. Score 1 point for each pit that lands with the striped side showing, after each player on the team has a turn add up the scores.
Pick up sticks or Jacks jacks with little sticks instead. object is to remove sticks with out moving any other ones on a turn
Strongest Warrior (achievement 16b for bears) use ideas from the mentioned achievement and team the boys up to do these
Native American Shelter (elective 24c bears) using natural materials in the area build a model of an American Indian shelter. Using clay will help to hold the stick where you would like them.
*all above ideas were taken from the scouting book dated September 2007*