Purpose and Laws 



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Some carry a banner standard instead of a shield stand- 

 ard in which case the banner is hung on a cross piece. 



SHIELD STANDARDS 



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When not in use, it is stuck in the 

 ground, near the Chief's teepee or place 

 in Council. 



TOTEMS 



The Totem of the whole Nation of 

 BANNER STANDARDS. Woodcraft Indians is the White Buffalo 

 head, symbolized by the Horned White Shield. This is 

 used chiefly on Totem poles and on publications. 



Each Tribe, of course, has a 

 special Totem. This is selected 

 by the Council, and should be 

 something easy to draw. So, also, 

 each Band has its totem and, 

 finally, each Brave adds a private 

 Totem of his own, usually a drawing 

 of his Indian name, if he wins one. 



The first of these Tribes took as its Totem a Blue Buffalo, 

 and so became the Blue Buffalo Tribe ; and Deerf oot , the Chief, 

 uses the Blue Buffalo Totem, with his own added underneath. 





