August 6, 2015
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The Legacy Project tent showcases each lodge’s history

Lodge legacy displays at the Legacy Tent

Introduced at NOAC 2012, the Legacy Project invited each lodge to complete four challenges by this year:

  1. Lodge rock
  2. Legacy lid
  3. History book
  4. Centennial fire

At the 2012 National Order of the Arrow Conference, lodges were given a crate to collect the required items and bring them to NOAC 2015. In addition, the crate was to be filled with kiln dried wood to be used in the ceremonial Centennial fire, with each lodge receiving a vial of ash afterwards. Located at The Hub during NOAC 2015, the Legacy Tent featured each lodge’s rock, lid and history book.

Legacy rocks

The first challenge of the project was to find a rock from the council’s territory or camp and engrave it with the lodge name and location. The rocks were part of each lodge’s Legacy Display during NOAC and came in a wide variety of colors, shapes, and sizes showing the diversity of each lodge.

After the conference, the rocks will be transported to the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia to be incorporated into the Summit Circle. Once the rocks arrive at the Summit, they will be included with rocks from Treasure Island to form the base and walls of the National OA Ceremony Ring.

Rocks for lodges no longer in existence formed a separate display around a Centennial Fire in the Legacy Tent and will also find a future home at the Summit Circle.

Legacy lids and history books

With each rock at the lodge displays were decorated centennial crate lids and lodge history books. The lids incorporated the lodge’s legacy with a variety of themes. Some showed carved or painted versions of the lodge’s NOAC contingent flap while others showed historical lodge flaps or scenes from the lodge’s territory.

Possibly the most time consuming challenge was compiling a lodge history book, and there was a wide variation in the types of information lodges presented. Common themes were histories of predecessor lodges, lists of past lodge officers and Vigil members, historical newsletters, award recipients for lodge and national awards, and information about regular lodge events. These books were amazing to see on display at NOAC and will be a lodge’s treasured item for years and decades to come.

Learn more about the Legacy Project.

Legacy Project Exemplar Awards

Legacy rock
LodgeCouncilCouncil Number
TiwaheSan Diego-Imperial49
TipisaCentral Florida83
Shunkah MahneetuGrand Teton107
Jaccos TowneCrossroads of America160
TannuNevada Area329
SkyukaPalmetto549
PellissippiGreat Smoky Mountain557
Nischa AchowalogenGolden Spread562
TatankaBuffalo Trail567
Ni-Sanak-TaniGateway Area624
OtyokwaChippewa Valley637
Agaming MaangogwanWater and Woods782
 
Legacy lid
LodgeCouncilCouncil Number
AlibamuTukabatchee Area5
QuapawQuapaw Area18
Tsoiotsi TsogaliiOld North State70
Egwa Tawa DeeAtlanta Area92
WithlacoocheeSouth Georgia98
Grand MonadnockNashua Valley230
Anpetu-weGreater St. Louis Area312
Ta Tsu HwaIndian Nations488
Wunita GokhosPennsylvania Dutch524
LangundowiFrench Creek532
AquehongianGreater New York640
KintecoyingGreater New York640
Man-A-HattinGreater New York640
RanachquaGreater New York640
Shu-Shu-GahGreater New York640
SuanhackyGreater New York640
 
History book
LodgeCouncilCouncil Number
CoosaGreater Alabama1
Wipala WikiGrand Canyon10
MalibuWestern Los Angeles County51
TukaricaOre-Ida106
WahpekuteTwin Valley283
Sipp-oBuckeye436
Ta Tsu HwaIndian Nations488
WyonaColumbia-Montour504
UnamiCradle of Liberty525
Wa-Hi-NasaMiddle Tennessee560
MikanakawaCircle Ten571
Kon WaposBay-Lakes635
HunnikickBurlington County690
TsisqanOregon Trail697
Black EagleTransatlantic802

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