| Tribe of Micosay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Osceola, Missouri | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1925 (sometimes cited as founded in 1924 in Wyoming) | ||
| Founder | Harold Roe Bartle | ||
| Website | |||
| Tribe of Micosay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Osceola, Missouri | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1925 (sometimes cited as founded in 1924 in Wyoming) | ||
| Founder | Harold Roe Bartle | ||
| Website | |||
Micosay was founded in 1925 at Camp Brinton near Agency, Missouri under the guidance of Harold Roe Bartle, who was the Scout executive of the St. Joseph Council, now Pony Express Council. Bartle combined his experiences in Wyoming with the St. Joseph Council's existing honor organization called Manhawka. [1]
Bartle was inspired to create the organization after serving as the Scout Executive for the Cheyenne Council of the Boy Scouts of America in Casper, Wyoming, from 1923 to 1925. [2] [3] Bartle became interested in the heritage and culture of the many Indian reservations in Wyoming. He spent many hours listening to stories about the Indian tribes and soon began to incorporate Indian values and ideals into his Scouting program. Bartle claimed he was inducted into a local tribe of Arapaho based on a reservation served by the Scout council, and according to traditional Micosay legend, was given the name Lone Bear by the Chief. [4] [5]
Bartle started as Scout Executive in St. Joseph, January 1925. The idea of Micosay was well formed from the moment he arrived. There already existed a camp society there called Manhawka, established by a previous executive. Bartle familiarized himself with the rudiments of it, and incorporated them into his central theme of an Indian-like society based on the principles of the Scout Oath. Bartle named the society "Micosay". A hyphenated version was used shortly after and remains popular, though the non-hyphenated version can still be used.[ citation needed ]
Camp Geiger, which succeeded Camp Brinton in 1935, is considered the mother Tribe of Micosay. Bartle was "The Chief", and conducted all the early ceremonies personally, placing a single eagle claw around the neck of each new member and bestowing their Tribal Name upon them. He built up the tribe during the next few years.[ citation needed ]
In late 1928, Bartle became the Scout executive of the Kansas City Area Council. Micosay had increased both Scouting and summer camp attendance, and he established another Micosay program at Camp Dan Sayre near Noel, Missouri, in 1929, the first summer there. Another honor program known as the 4Ms existed there at the time. In 1930 Camp Osceola opened near Osceola, Missouri, and was renamed the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation.[ citation needed ]
The tribe flourished and expanded rapidly at both Camps. The mother tribe in St. Joseph remained and grew. In 2014 the 20,000th tribesman was inducted into the Camp Geiger tribe.[ citation needed ]
The 75th anniversary celebration of the program at the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation included thousands of members of the Tribe, including previous Chief Scout Executives.[ citation needed ]
In the Heart of America Council, the Council of Chieftains, She-She-Be Council, and Tribal Council lead the tribe. Their official publications are the Customs and Traditions booklet, Cedar Smoke newsletter, and Inner Circle magazines.[ citation needed ]
In the Pony Express Council, the Council of Chieftains and the Tribal Council lead the tribe. Their official publications are the Redbook and most recently Make Talk Now which is an electronic video version of the former Make Talk magazine.[ citation needed ]
The Boy Scouts of America, and particularly Micosay, have been widely criticized by officials of several Native tribes, anthropologists, journalists, and professors for being a patently offensive cultural appropriation of tribal identity and sacred practices. It was called "a fake Indian Boy Scout tribe" [6] for people who want to "play Indian". [7] [8] Robert Prue, a former scout and a professor of social work at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, doubts some of Harold Roe Bartle's historical origin claims, and rejects his claim of having become a tribal member in Wyoming, as being merely the affinity of one tribal member instead of the requisite authority of each entire tribe being depicted. Critics say that the appropriation continues because the BSA has not yet received widespread public revulsion like professional sports teams have. That includes the Kansas City Chiefs, named after Bartle's nickname from the founding of Micosay, and which has its own cultural appropriation and racism controversy. [8] [9] [10] [11] [7]
In 2015, representatives of several native tribes from the American Indian Health Research and Education Alliance met with Micosay leadership and published a five-page article in Practicing Anthropology called "For $1,000 You Can Be a Dog Soldier: The Tribe of Should-be-Ashamed". It summarized: "The Micosay have a long history of misappropriating and misrepresenting Indian culture and traditions as well as engaging in cultural imperialism. This alienates Native people from their traditions, undermines self-determination, and creates further animosity and distrust between Natives and non-Natives." [7]
There are presently over 500 federally recognized American Indian tribes, each with their own customs and traditions. This diversity makes it next to impossible to get unanimous agreement from all tribes. Micosay has worked with American Indian advisors and throughout the years many American Indian youth and adults have joined Micosay. The Arapaho tribe also presented their flag to camp Bartle as a symbol of their relationship with Micosay. [12] Camp Geiger also requires scouts to gain a better appreciation for American Indian cultures by earning the Indian Lore merit badge, learning how to do bead-work and to hand make various clothing and costume items in order to advance within the program. [13] Micosay does not use any American Indian religious ceremonies; all Micosay ceremonies were developed specifically for the program.
Micosay has several induction ceremonies. At Camp Geiger, the first notable one is the ceremony of its entry rank, referred to as Foxmen. It starts off on the fourth day of camp during the campfire night, when Boy Scouts, chosen by their troops, are inducted into the organization. They are taken to the side and are sworn into a period of silence. This is to encourage the scouts to reflect on the vows they have made. They then work on a service project around the camp. They are then brought back to the campfire ring and stay overnight underneath the skies. Their final ceremony takes place in the biggest campfire ring in the camp. They are brought in and explained how these ancestors were forced to survive off of contaminated water and food over the Rookie Mountains. The ceremony ends and the inductees are fully members of the tribe.
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