Tsoiotsi Tsogalii Lodge 70 (Order of the Arrow)

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Tsoiotsi Tsogalii (Lodge #70) is a lodge in the Order of the Arrow (OA), BSA's National Honor Society. The Lodge serves North Carolina's Old North State Council and represents Davie, Davidson, Randolph, Guilford, Alamance, Rockingham, Caswell, and Person counties in the OA. The Lodge's totem is the Red-tailed Hawk.

Contents

0.1 History
0.2 Executive Committee
0.3 Lodge Bylaws
0.4 Chapters

1 References and links

History

The Tsoiotsi Tsogalii Lodge name means "We Three are Friends" in the Cherokee language and was formed from three smaller lodges. The first, Tali Tak Taki #70 merged with Uwharrie Lodge #208 in the early 1990s to form Keyauwee Lodge #70. This short-lived lodge then merged with Tslagi Lodge #163 in 1994 to form Tsoiotsi Tsogalli, which still exists today.

In 2001, based on the Lodge's Service to Cub Scouting, Tsoiotsi Tsogalii received the National Service Award. This was followed by the Lodge's acceptance of the E. Urner Goodman Camping Award in 2003 and a National Service Grant in 2005, which helped construct a Health & Fitness shelter at Cherokee Scout Reservation near Yanceyville, North Carolina.

Executive Committee

The Lodge's leadership consists of a Lodge Chief and seven Vice Chiefs elected annually by the Lodge youth, of a few Lodge Committee Chairmen, and of nine Chapter Chiefs elected by each Chapter's youth. The group meets together as the Lodge's Executive Committee (EC) with their adult Advisers at monthly meetings (no meetings usually occur in June and July). Each officer (the mentioned excluding Advisers) has one vote per decision at these meetings, as does the immediately previous Lodge Chief. The EC is governed by the Lodge Bylaws and Parliamentary Procedure. Each Lodge officer must be a registered Lodge youth to carry out his position.

The Lodge Vice Chief positions are as follows:

Vice Chief of Program
Vice Chief of Council Service
Vice Chief of Unit Affairs
Vice Chief of Indian Affairs
Vice Chief of Finance
Vice Chief of Publications
Vice Chief of Records

A trio known as the "Key 3" are allowed to make certain decisions with approval from the EC. The group is comprised of the Lodge Chief, the Lodge Adviser, and the Lodge Staff Adviser.

Lodge Committee Chairmen are appointed and confirmed by the EC. The number of Chairmen varies from year to year depending on scheduled activities and programs instituted by the EC. At the EC meetings, each Chairman is granted one vote on each decision until the committee that he represents is dissolved.

Lodge Bylaws

The Lodge Bylaws act as a constitution for the Lodge, forming the basis for the organization of leadership and membership.

Chapters

The Tsoiotsi Tsogalii Lodge is divided into 9 separate chapters, each with an elected Chapter Chief , an elected team of Vice Chiefs and Advisers.

Tsoiotsi Tsogalii's Chapters are listed below along with the regions they represent:

Achewon Chapter - represents southeastern Guilford County.
Alamance Chapter - represents all of Alamance County.
Conestee Chapter - represents all of Caswell County.
Danawa Tawodi Chapter - represents northwestern Guilford County.
Hycotee Chapter - represents all of Person County.
Saura Chapter - represents all of Rockingham County.
Tutelo Chapter - represents Greater High Point in Guilford County and the northeastern portion of Davidson County.
Unaliyi Chapter - represents all of Randolph County.
Xualla Chapter - represents the majority of Davidson County and all of Davie County.

References and links

Initial Article Assembly by the Tsoiotsi Tsogalii 2006 Vice Chief of Publications.
[Official Tsoiotsi Tsogalii Website]
Scouting in North Carolina

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