What is Wewoapisak?
Perhaps the best way to ask this is "Who is Wewoapisak?" We are the Hermitage Chapter of the Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge (Lodge #111 in the United State of America). Wewoapisak gets its name from the Lenni Lenape Native American language which means "The Watchman."
Much like a large company or the military, the National Order of the Arrow is broken down into sets of lodges arranged by sections. We are of section SR-6. Lodges often compete within their specific sections in matters of honor, skill, and overall lodge performance. These competitions are known as the annual Conclave events.
NOAC or National Order of the Arrow Conference is a giant festival with American Indian Events, how-to demonstrations, competitions, and much more. It is an opportunity for the boys to get together from all over the country and share in a common bond.
Each Lodge is broken up even smaller into Chapters. Much like the lodge structure, the chapters have a chapter chief, chapter vice chiefs, a treasurer, a secretary, and many other duties that keep the chapter running. The boys elect who will be their officers and the boys hold each other accountable. Every boy, whether they be a new ordeal member taking on their first official duty or National Chief in charge of the entire North American Order of the Arrow, an adult adviser is always there to help assist when they need help. The adults, however, do not run the organization. That is what makes the Order of the Arrow so special.
The Order is an elite group of Boy Scouts who have been elected by their peers to be apart of this organization. They are the best of the best. They live by three words: Wimachtendienk, Wingolauchsik, Witahemui. In English this means: brotherhood, cheerful, service. Or as its often spoken, "Brotherhood of cheerful service."
So at the end of the day, the National needs the sections, the sections need the lodges the lodges need the chapters and they all need the boys. The boys make it happen. That is the belief of Wewoapisak and that is just a brief synopsis.
Much like a large company or the military, the National Order of the Arrow is broken down into sets of lodges arranged by sections. We are of section SR-6. Lodges often compete within their specific sections in matters of honor, skill, and overall lodge performance. These competitions are known as the annual Conclave events.
NOAC or National Order of the Arrow Conference is a giant festival with American Indian Events, how-to demonstrations, competitions, and much more. It is an opportunity for the boys to get together from all over the country and share in a common bond.
Each Lodge is broken up even smaller into Chapters. Much like the lodge structure, the chapters have a chapter chief, chapter vice chiefs, a treasurer, a secretary, and many other duties that keep the chapter running. The boys elect who will be their officers and the boys hold each other accountable. Every boy, whether they be a new ordeal member taking on their first official duty or National Chief in charge of the entire North American Order of the Arrow, an adult adviser is always there to help assist when they need help. The adults, however, do not run the organization. That is what makes the Order of the Arrow so special.
The Order is an elite group of Boy Scouts who have been elected by their peers to be apart of this organization. They are the best of the best. They live by three words: Wimachtendienk, Wingolauchsik, Witahemui. In English this means: brotherhood, cheerful, service. Or as its often spoken, "Brotherhood of cheerful service."
So at the end of the day, the National needs the sections, the sections need the lodges the lodges need the chapters and they all need the boys. The boys make it happen. That is the belief of Wewoapisak and that is just a brief synopsis.