Ceremonies/Ceremony

Safeguarded Material

To ensure that Scouts and Scouters who may be going through various Order of the Arrow ceremonies in the future do not have their experience lessened or spoiled, some of the material on this web site is protected.

The Order of the Arrow, recognizing the attractiveness of the unknown, utilizes the form of mystery. This shall not be interpreted, however, as justifying the withholding of any information regarding the Order from any person legitimately interested in investigating its nature, purpose, or method. Nothing in the Order shall be interpreted as interfering with any member's religious obligation.

If anyone has questions about this policy, or about the Order of the Arrow, they should contact their local Boy Scout Council or Lodge Adviser.

Usernames and Passwords

Use all lower case letters, no spaces, no quotes, no punctuation

Almost all the ceremonies and ceremony help documents are password protected. Their file locations are also protected. You will need to use the username and the password to enter the file location and you will need the password again to open the documents. Username and passwords are listed below.

Protected Page	Ceremony	Username	Password
	Purpose of the OA Founder's Award Video (.mov 49MB)	None	None
	Guide to Inductions	None	None
Miscellaneous Information
	Elangomat Information, Training & Manuals	ordeal	The Admonition
	OA Guide for Officers and Advisors	ordeal	The Admonition
	Complete Guide to Planning and Running an Ordeal	ordeal	The Admonition
	Lenâpé to English Dictionary (Version 1)	ordeal	The Admonition
	Lenâpé to English Dictionary (Version 2)	ordeal	The Admonition
	Lenâpé to English Dictionary (Version 3)	ordeal	The Admonition
	OA Field Operations Guide 2008 Revision	ordeal	The Admonition
Order of the Arrow (OA) Unit Elections, Inductions, Ceremonies, Guidelines & Instructions
	The Complete Guide To Inductions for Ordeal members (Brotherhood sections omitted)	ordeal	The Admonition
	The Complete Guide To Inductions - Full Publication	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Conducting A OA Quality Unit Election Movie (.mov 72MB)	None	None
	Electing New OA Members Unit Elections (.mov 110MB)	None	None
	Canotka Chapter Election Script	None	None
	Call-Out Ceremony Guidelines (Tap Out)	None	None
	Guidelines for Assisting Scouts with Special Needs (Every Event)	ordeal	The Admonition
	OA Unit Service Encouragement Brotherhood Letter (Sent 4 months after Ordeal)	ordeal	The Admonition
	Sample Letter Announcing OA Unit Elections (.doc Version)	ordeal	The Admonition
	Ordeal Packing Instructions (What to Take on your Ordeal)	ordeal	The Admonition
	OA Unit Elections Rules and Procedures	ordeal	The Admonition
	OA Unit Elections Team Checklist	ordeal	The Admonition
	OA Unit Election Ceremony Script	ordeal	The Admonition
	OA Unit Election Report	ordeal	The Admonition
	OA Unit Elections Evaluation Form	ordeal	The Admonition
	OA Letter to Parents of Candidates (.doc Version)	ordeal	The Admonition
Order of the Arrow (OA) Ceremony Information, Scripts & Guides
	OA Ceremonies Evaluator (Judge) Training	ordeal	The Admonition
	Four Winds Ceremony	None	None
	Staging OA Induction Ceremonies	ordeal	The Admonition
	Broken Arrow Ceremony	ordeal	The Admonition
	Symbolism in the Ceremonies	ordeal	The Admonition
	Story of the Ceremonial Tribe	ordeal	The Admonition
	The Four Basic Principles of the Ceremonies	ordeal	The Admonition
	Other Ceremony Roles (Torch Bearers, Drummers, Flutists, etc)	ordeal	The Admonition
	Ceremony Performance Tips	ordeal	The Admonition
	Pre-Ordeal Ceremony Script	ordeal	The Admonition
	Ordeal Ceremony Script (1915)	ordeal	The Admonition
	Ordeal Ceremony Script (Current)	ordeal	The Admonition
	"Awake My Friends" (A Sourcebook for Ceremonial Teams)	ordeal	The Admonition
	Spirit of the Arrow Booklets (1-5)	ordeal	The Admonition
	Character Sketch for Allowat Sakima	ordeal	The Admonition
	Character Sketch for Kichkinet	ordeal	The Admonition
	Character Sketch for Meteu	ordeal	The Admonition
	Character Sketch for Nutiket	ordeal	The Admonition
	Spirit of the Arrow Booklets (Complete 1-8)	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Spirit of the Arrow Booklets (6-8)	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	The Complete Guide to OA Brotherhood Inductions	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Brotherhood Ceremony Script (1949)	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Brotherhood Ceremony Script (1993)	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Brotherhood Ceremony Script (Current)	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Brotherhood Hike (Trail) Guidelines and Instructions	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Vigil Ceremony Script	vigil	The watchwords

The following general guidelines apply to all ceremony evaluations:

1. All ceremony team members must be from the same lodge. Ceremonialists may perform with only one team per ceremony category; however, they may perform in more than one category (i.e. a ceremonialist may perform on a Call-Out and Pre-Ordeal team, but may not perform on two Pre-Ordeal teams).
2. All participants MUST be under 21 years of age on July 27, 2002 and be a member of the lodge entering the Ceremony Team Evaluation.
3. Lodges can enter as many ceremony teams as they wish in all ceremonies as scheduling permits.
4. In accordance with the policies of the National Order of the Arrow Committee, the use of face and body paint is prohibited at all Ceremony Team Evaluations. The use of face or body skin coloring, or wigs in simulation of ethnic traits is also not acceptable.
5. All ceremonial parts should be fully memorized.
6. All participants must wear appropriate American Indian style dress. The American Indian Activities staff will assist teams by critiquing the appropriateness of their outfits during the evaluation session. Dress will be evaluated as a part of the performance evaluation. Teams are reminded not to show any disrespect, carelessness, or gross inappropriateness in American Indian dress.
7. Ceremonial teams will be required to provide whatever props they need to make their ceremony performance as realistic as possible. Extra people may be used to enhance a performance, such as: drummers, candidates, elangomats, etc. The staff will provide markers to indicate the locations of the central fire and fire pots in the performance area. A heavy burden will be provided for the Brotherhood ceremony. No other props or materials will be provided.
8. If you have questions about Evaluations, contact Terry Honan, Lead Adviser for Inductions & Ceremonial Events, by E-mail at honan@aol.com.