tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post2544364460923222417..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Order of the Arrow's Indian playRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-33229940379984446842010-07-28T22:40:04.063-07:002010-07-28T22:40:04.063-07:00http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/southcarolin...http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/southcarolina/<br /><br />Santee. Named according to Speck (1935), from iswan'ti, "the river," or "the river is there." Also called: Seretee, by Lawson (1860).<br /><br />Connections. No words of the Santee language have come down to us, but there is little doubt that they belonged to the Siouan linguistic family.<br /><br />History. The Santee were first encountered by the Spaniards during the seventeenth century, and in the narrative of his second expedition Captain Eçija places them on Santee River.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-38271281261488224622010-07-26T17:26:38.970-07:002010-07-26T17:26:38.970-07:00How did the Santee Lodge get its name?How did the Santee Lodge get its name?dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-30400876388605650542010-07-26T14:03:55.533-07:002010-07-26T14:03:55.533-07:00I was a participant in the play, and the people wh...I was a participant in the play, and the people who try to put this play on make it as authentic as possible.<br /><br />Last year, the play focused on the great Seminole leader Osceola, and this year it was about the Cheraw tribe.<br /><br />Yes, we admit to having mostly whites on the cast, but that's unavoidable. The racial diversity of the camp is very slim, but we did have several African-Americans, along with an Italian who has served as the Native American chief in the last couple of plays (who is also majoring in theatre, so it works out)<br /><br />The tradition of Santee Lodge 116 putting on a pageant is about 50 years old, and the people who put it on try to make it as real as possible. One of the kids who is active in the ceremonies and dancing parts of the OA is learning dancing skills from an actual Cherokee dancer, which is just trying to make it more authentic.<br /><br />The biggest bummer about the pageant is the 5 hours of practice put in on the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and the morning rehearsal on Friday. And, those morning rehearsal are 3 hours and 97 degrees...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com