Meeting Format

GOURD SHAKER (Host Princess): Calls the meeting to order

CHIEF: "Tallykeeper, will you call the roll?"

(As the tallykeeper reads the roll, each Princess beats the tom-tom twice, once for her Dad and once for herself. Then the Princess takes her place in the Council circle upon finishing roll)

TALLYKEEPER: "Chief, the roll has been called."

CHIEF: "Let us pledge allegiance to our flag."

ALL: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.

CHIEF: "What is a Y-Indian Princess?"

ALL PRINCESSES:"A girl with a Dad like mine."

CHIEF: "What is the purpose of the Y-Indian Princesses?"

ALL: "To promote friendship and understanding between Father and Daughter."

CHIEF: "What is the slogan of the Y-Indian Princesses?"

ALL: "Love for God and one another."

CHIEF: "What is the daily prayer of the Y-Indian Princesses?"

ALL: "Great Spirit, help me to be clean in body, to be pure in heart, to love the sacred circle of my family, and to preserve the beauty of your work in the forest, in the fields and streams.
Waconda."

CHIEF: "Wampum Bearer, will you collect the wampum?"

(Wampum Collector (Princess) collects wampum from Braves and Princesses and asks how Wampum was earned)

WAMPUM BEARER: "Chief, the wampum has been collected."

CHIEF: "Are there any scouting reports?"

(Scouting report follows)

CHIEF: "Tallykeeper, are any beads to be awarded?"

(Tallykeeper awards beads and gives reasons. After each award, the Tribe gives a big HOW!!!)
[After bead awards, the program for the evening is usually in the following order:]

 

GAME

CRAFT

STORY

SONG

[Then refreshments may be served]

[After refreshments]

CHIEF: "Gourd Shaker, call the tribe back to order."

[After the tribe has reassembled...]

CHIEF: (To Brave in charge of closing ceremony) — "Will you lead in closing?"

ALL: "And now may the Great Spirit of all the Great Spirits be with you now and forevermore."