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… as being improperly identified. However, you have given perhaps 5 more than was required so you still are within the law, and are awarded the coup without delay. So also in the claiming of ranks: do not be satisfied to turn in 24 coups for the rank of Sagamore, though, strictly, that is all that is required. Have a couple extra to allow for some which the Committee may not accept.
Your Tribal Honors Committee should consist of three persons with the broadest knowledge available. It should always be of adults, possessed of good judgment and of the strong desire to keep up the standards of the League. All honors must be submitted to these three persons, who pass not only on the material submitted, but on the form in which the claim is made out. This saves endless time and trouble later, when the claims are submitted to the National Honors Committee for the higher ranks.
All coup claims should be carefully preserved either by the individual attaining them; or, in the case of children, by the Guide. They should also be recorded in the Tribal Tally, which would be accepted as legal evidence, should they, by some unfortunate accident, be lost.
For convenience in reference, we have numbered all the coups. Thus, all the coups under Lamp I are I, etc. Each section under a Lamp is lettered with a capital, and each coup under a section is numbered with a small numeral. For example, if you wish to refer to the Tackle-making coup, it would be I, T, 1. If you wish to refer to the coup on training a bird or animal, it would be III, K, 1., etc., etc.
Little Lodge
The Little Lodge coups are being included in this edition of the BIRCH BARK ROLL. These are prefixed in each case by (L.L.), and may not be taken by those over 12 years of age. In the Athletic coups, the index number determines the class into which each member falls, so that this prefix is unnecessary.
The general rulings on coups, as given for the Big Lodge on the preceding pages, apply to the Little Lodge. The coups are symbolized in the Little Lodge by bars of felt instead of feathers. These felt strips are 1½ inches long by ⅛ inch wide, and are sewn on the honor band with a little space between each two. Coups of the First Torch or Lamp ..text pokračuje
