Egwa Tawa Dee #129 | |||
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Location | Atlanta, GA | ||
Founded | 1938 (age 73–74) | ||
Membership | 1200 (2011) | ||
Lodge Chief | Alex Leech | ||
Lodge Adviser | Tom Ogletree | ||
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Website http://www.aacegwa.org/ |
Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge is the Order of the Arrow lodge that serves the Atlanta Area Council. It was chartered in 1938 as Broad-Winged-Hawk #129. Egwa Tawa Dee is translated from "equa tawadi", the Cherokee language for the lodge's totem, the broad-winged hawk to whose literal translation is "big hawk" and for ease of pronunciation it was spelled out as "Egwa Tawa Dee."
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The Lodge officers are elected annually at Fall Fellowship, and begin their term immediately. The governing body of the Lodge is the Lodge Executive Committee (LEC), which consists of all the Chapter Chiefs and Chapter Advisers, the Lodge Officers and Advisers, committee chairmen, and their respective advisers. The LEC meets monthly to manage and plan out the business of the Lodge. The LEC’s organization is completely youth run, having the Lodge Chief as its chairman, and all voting is done solely by the youth members with adult advisers' oversight.
The lodge was chartered in 1938 as Broad-Winged-Hawk #129 and has a membership of over 1200 brothers and is divided into 16 chapters, as well as Collegiate OA chapters at the Georgia Institute of Technology and at Southern Polytechnic State University:
Current chapters include:
Past chapters include:
Throughout the year, the Lodge hosts numerous functions on a very regular basis. The Lodge events, namely Spring Pow Wow, the Ordeal weekends, and Fall Fellowship are the most popular times that Arrowmen from all over the metro Atlanta area have the opportunity to participate in food, fun and fellowship.
Egwa Tawa Dee participates in several Section, Regional, and National events. Our lodge is one of 12 that comes together to form Section SR-9, an area that encompasses most of Georgia and the northern 2/3 of Alabama. Over a dozen different Sections from Oklahoma to Virginia come together collectively to form the great Southern Region. Altogether four regions combine to what is known as the National Council, with its headquarters in Irving, Texas.
Each year Section SR-9 South hosts its Conclave in April. Conclave is a weekend of fun, fellowship, and training. Native American events are also a key feature at every Conclave. Every two years, the Southern Region hosts an event called the National Leadership Seminar (NLS). When our Section does not participate in the NLS, we have the opportunity to attend the Section’s own training weekend, the Section Leadership Gathering (SLG). NOAC, the National Order of the Arrow Conference, is also held every 2 or 3 years at rotating universities.
Note: The years of 1998 and 2004 the loadge had two members serving as Lodge Chief.
Egwa Tawa Dee attained National Quality Lodge in 2005. The SR-6 South Conclave was held in April 2005 at Woodruff Scout Reservation. The year saw nearly 400 additional scouts complete their Ordeal. The following year of 2006, Egwa Tawa Dee was well represented at the National Order of the Arrow onference in MI.
The in 2008 the Lodge implemented a new program of Elangomat recruiting, selection, and training, resulting in a larger and well prepared class of Elangomats and the smoothest running ordeals under the leadership of Matthew Holland and Daniel P. Ryan. Egwa Tawa Dee was well represented at ArrowCorps5, the national service project at 5 National Forests around the USA.
In 2009 Egwa Tawa Dee's Lodge Chief, Rajapl Sagoo, was elected Section Vice Chief for Southern Region Section 9. Egwa Tawa Dee was well represented at the National Order of the Arrow Conference in IN. Then in 2010 Egwa Tawa Dee's Rajpal Sagoo was elected Section Chief for Southern Region Section 9, and later made a strong showing in a run for office at the National meeting in Dallas.
Note: SR stands for Scout Reservation
Year | Area/Section | Host | Host Location |
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1951 | Area 6-C | Old Camp Bert Adams | north of Atlanta, GA |
1957 | Area 6-D | Old Camp Bert Adams | north of Atlanta, GA |
1962 | Area 6-D | New Bert Adams SR | south of Covington, GA |
1964 | Area 6-D | New Bert Adams SR | south of Covington, GA |
1970 | Area 6-D | Bert Adams SR | south of Covington, GA |
1973 | Section SE-5 | Bert Adams SR | south of Covington, GA |
1976 | Section SE-5 | Bert Adams SR | south of Covington, GA |
1987 | Section SE-4 | Bert Adams SR | south of Covington, GA |
1996 | Section SR-5 (Dixie) | Bert Adams SR | south of Covington, GA |
1999 | Section SR-6S | Bert Adams SR | south of Covington, GA |
2005 | Section SR-6S | Woodruff SR | NW of Blairsville, GA |
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