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 Indian Adventure campers learn to view the world as the Native Americans did, with respect for nature and an understanding of the circle of life. Starting and ending each day in a circle to plan or reflect on their day and to hear words of wisdom from revered Native Americans, campers began to understand the way in which the original inhabitants of our country felt about the world around them. Campers chose an Indian name, which reflected their personality or hobby, created a headdress for which they earned a feather a day to represent accomplished tasks, and learned to follow or lay an “Indian Trail” into the woods. After learning about Indian homes, campers were “Plains Indians” for a day as they decorated a tipi and lashed together a travois to carry it to their campground.
They played Indian games designed to help them stalk their prey or be more observant of the world around them. While hunting for creatures in the stream, campers built stone fish traps similar to those still found in many streams in the northeast.  Each day the featured snack, Indian pudding, pumpkin bread, or corn bread, was one which Native Americans might have eaten. The high point of the week was a field trip to the Indian Steps Museum in Pennsylvania where campers studied Indian artifacts and learned about the Susquehannock Indians.
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