Totanhan Nakaha Lodge #16
Honoring the best of Northern Star Scouting for over 100 years
Totanhan Nakaha Lodge #16
Honoring the best of Northern Star Scouting for over 100 years
Celebrating 100 years of Totanhan Nakaha Lodge
Don’t miss out! Join us in celebrating 100 years as the Order of the Arrow lodge for Northern Star Scouting.
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Announcements
Winter Fellowship Lockin & Brotherhood Conversion
November 30, 2024
Join your fellow Totanhan Nakaha OA Members at our Winter Fellowship. This will be an awesome opportunity to re-connect with your fellow OA Members that is full of Fun, Fellowship, Food and the continuation Saga of Tomikan Hoffwalker.
Where: Base Camp Team Building Center
- When: Friday, January 3rd
- 6:30 PM - Check-In Opens
- 7:00-10:00 PM - Staffed Program (Archery, rock climbing, games)
- 8:30 PM- Pizza and Lemonade
- 10:00 PM - Lodge program followed by quiet time
- 7:00 AM - Rise, Pack and Clean Up
- 8:00 AM- Lock In Departure/Brotherhood Check In
- 8:00-11:00 AM- Brotherhood Review
- 11:00-12:00 PM- Brotherhood Ceremony
- 12:00-12:30 PM-Brotherhood Lunch
- 12:30 PM- Depart Leadership Center
Participation Packages:
- Youth-$40
- Adult-$20
- Youth Lock-In+Brotherhood Conversion+lunch-$70
- Adult Lock-In+Brotherhood Conversion+lunch-$50
What to bring
All participants should bring personal toiletries, a sleeping bag, pillow, closed-toed shoes, and dress comfortably for movement. We also recommend bringing a reusable water bottle that can be filled at our drinking fountain.
Please also bring a filled out Base Camp Waiver and Parts AB Health Form
Registration Closes Sunday, December 29th.
There is NO walk-in option. You must be pre-registered!
Ft. Snelling Wreath Cleanup
November 18, 2024 (Updated November 30, 2024)
The 2025 Fort Snelling National Cemetery Wreath Clean Up Service Project will run from 9AM to 12PM on Saturday February 1st, 2025. It is open to all (Cub Scouts, Scouts, Venturers, and the general public).
This is a great service project of cheerful service with over 1000 scouts out helping last year. It’s a service project many scouts look forward to every year to come together to help. The service event consists of removing wreaths and holiday decorations from memorials on the grounds of the Ft. Snelling National Cemetery.
Process:
Register by individuals or by group. Use the registration button below.
Annual Health and Medical Records are required for all Scouting participants.
All forms can be found in the attachment section of the registration page.
Event Staff Help Need:
During the registration process, you will be asked whether you have any volunteers that may be able to assist in specialist roles during the event. We are always looking for individuals that are able to serve as drivers or members of the dumpster teams (transporting wreaths to dumpster areas with personal vehicles or open top trailers).
If you have a truck or open top trailer, please consider bringing them to assist with the hauling component of the clean-up.
Where:
Fort Snelling National Cemetery is adjacent to the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport at 7601 34th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55450. After registering, you will receive instuctions on your assigned entry gate and work area. Close to 1,000 volunteers are expected to attend, so please ensure that you follow arrival instructions that will be sent out the week prior to the event.
How:
In order to provide updates to participants ahead of the event, as well as assist in designating arrival gates, we are asking that all participants pre-register for the event.
Good to Know:
Weather: Always plan for cold weather! Medical personnel are on site at each of the three cemetery sections to assist with first aid if-needed.
Walk-ins: You are strongly encouraged to pre-register your attendee count, but walk-ins will be allowed.
Map: An event map is on the registration site.
Centennial History Book
August 20, 2024 (Updated September 24, 2024)
After months of research and hard work, the history of of lodge is now available online. Check out 100 years of history our current lodge and our predecessor lodges.
Click the link below to start your adventure through our last 100 years.
Thank you to the authors: Robert Hannah Sr., Bruce Paulson, Steve Young, Robert Pettitt and Carol Pettitt. Their hard work ensures that our lodge history is not forgotten, but celebrated.
Centennial Celebration Recap
October 1, 2024 (Updated November 18, 2024)
In August, we held our huge 100th year Centennial Celebration event.
What a great way to celebrate our 100th year as an Order of the Arrow lodge. Over 400 OA Members gathered at Phillippo Scout Camp to celebrate the past 100 years and kick off the next 100 years.
Centennial Celebration Photos
Thanks to a couple of prolific photographers, we have a lot of photos to share. Our thanks to Jim Forster and Myron Jacobson for taking and sharing these photos with us.
Here are some links to their on line photo albums. See if you can find yourself in any of these pictures!
100 Years of the OA – Our Lodge Centennial Celebration
June 25, 2024 (Updated September 24, 2024)
Join us this year in celebrating 100 years of Service and Brotherhood in Totanhan Nakaha Lodge.
Totanhan Nakaha Lodge is celebrating 100 years of Order of the Arrow in our council throughout 2024.
- We were the first OA Lodge formed west of Chicago.
- Over the years we have merged lodges and changed names, but always kept the Spirit of the Order alive.
- We have a special Centennial lodge flap, Anniversary Award, History Book, Celebration Event, and more.
Check out our current MooseTracks newsletter
June 25, 2024 (Updated December 10, 2024)
The December 2024 version of the Lodge Newsletter, MooseTracks, is now available.
Check out what is new, what is currently happening in the lodge and some of the fun events that we have had in the past and plan for the future.
Click the button below to read the December 2024 issue.
OA Membershp Cards
September 24, 2024
Use the "Print Membership Card" button below and enter your BSA ID and Unit number. A membership card is generated with your personal OA information. On the back side of the card is your BSA ID and dates your received your Ordeal, Brotherhood and Vigil Honors. Click on the membership card to print or download the image.
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September 24, 2024
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Your 2024-2025 Lodge Officers:
Lodge Chief
Thomas H.
Lodge Vice-Chief
Tyler S.
Lodge Sec. of Communications
Grace J.
Lodge Secretary of Membership
Will C.
Lodge Secretary of Fellowship
Keane P.
Lodge Secretary of Finance
Oliver J.
Lodge Secretary of Service
JJ W.
Lodge Secretary of Training
Zach T.
Working Group Chairs
Conclaves: Oliver J
Safety: Riley S.
Roles and Positions: Hannah M.