Ceremonies

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 puncuation

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
	Canotka Chapter Election Script	None	None
	Call-Out Ceremony	None	None
	Four Winds Ceremony	None	None
	Guide to Inductions	None	None
	Elangomat Information	ordeal	The Admonition
	OA Guide for Officers and Advisors	ordeal	The Admonition
	OA Field Operations Guide 2008 Revision	ordeal	The Admonition
	Broken Arrow	ordeal	The Admonition
	Lenâpe’ to English Dictionary (Ver1)	ordeal	The Admonition
	Lenâpe’ to English Dictionary (Ver2)	ordeal	The Admonition
	Lenâpe’ to English Dictionary (Ver3)	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
	Ceremony Performace Tips	ordeal	The Admonition
	Pre-Ordeal Ceremony	ordeal	The Admonition
	Ordeal Packing Instructions	ordeal	The Admonition
	Ordeal Ceremony (1915)	ordeal	The Admonition
	Ordeal Ceremony (Current)	ordeal	The Admonition
	"Awake My Friends"	ordeal	The Admonition
	Spirit of the Arrow (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)	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Spirit of the Arrow (6-8)	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Brotherhood Ceremony (1949)	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Brotherhood Ceremony (1993)	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Brotherhood Ceremony (Current)	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Brotherhood Hike	brotherhood	Have you seen the arrow?
	Vigil Ceremony	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.