What a fantastic start of the season for the Mighty Lakota at Del Mar Beach September 19-21. Although not officially verified, we might have had the highest number of attendance ever for our tribe with a total of 23 dads and 33 princesses. With no other recruiting effort than word of mouth, we have added quite a few high quality new recruits this year and at Del Mar, exactly half of the participants were old folks and half were new folks.
Medman Bead Trading  Sand Turtle
Lakota’s Sweet Friday treat for the nation was a blast as always, this time with a new addition of gummy bears as topping on the ice cream sundaes. Saturday morning was filled with Olympic activities involving a real Gold Medal winning Olympian and sand castle building contest. Our stunning father/daughter turtle sculpture architected by Sachem Blue Wolfe won first price in the Best Sand Animal category. The highlight of the day for many of the princesses (and some of the dads) was the Super Soaker Battle – Capture the Watermelon. Especially the dad’s against princess battle was a blast. The initiation Walk of Ice for new Wildcat nation members were a little cold for some of those little feet, but nevertheless a proud achievement for the new princesses. We even managed to squeeze in a little birthday celebration for Squeaky Squirrel before Saturday evening was over, and concluded the night with our traditional game of Euchre. Thanks to Sachem Snow Leopard for teaching our new folks.

Sunday morning we were all brutally woken up at sunrise (6.36 am) by the marine revelry who commanded everyone to get out of the tents immediately for line up and exercises. This was followed by a challenging marine obstacle course for the princesses. The actual involvement of the marines was a nice and much appreciated touch this year.

The eats were fabulous throughout the weekend and Dancing Cougar and Dancing Deer did an awesome job at the premier as Wildcat nation MedMan/daughter. We also had several princesses and a few dads reciting the 6 Aims to the MedMan which was rewarded by a patch.

I like to wish all the new members welcome to our tribe, and I like to thank all the returning members for showing our new dads and princesses a good time and how Lakota rolls.

Chief Hunting Eagle