Greetings to all NSD Membership! Here is the Spring 2014 NSD Drum Beats Newletter. Enjoy!
Category Archives: News
Updates on program happenings
National Council of Officer Elections
National Officer Candidate Nominations are now being accepted. National Council of Officer elections will be held at the Annual Meeting on May 3, 2014. For more information about candidate nominations, please visit our election’s web page.
2014 Annual Meeting
The dates for the next Annual Meeting are May 3 & 4, 2014. The location has changed to Yulee, Florida (near Jacksonville). All other details are to be announced.
National Drum Beats!
Greetings to all NSD Membership! Here is the Winter 2014 NSD Drum Beats Newletter. Enjoy!
Native Sons & Daughters Members Handbook
We thought it would be a good idea to mass distribute the Native Sons & Daughters Handbook in a read-only form so that if you needed to print any of the individual pages for any purpose, you could do that. One of our Longhouses had requested this a while back.
This version has been formated to print on standard 8-1/2 x 11 paper. On the PDF print menu page, in the Paper Sizing & Handling section, simply chose “FIT” to page size.
National Drum Beats Submissions
Happy New Year from National Longhouse!!!
We would like to kick off the new year and announce that the new NSD National Longhouse Drum Beats Newsletter (first edition released last October) is looking for your help to provide material to the newsletter that will be shared with all NSD membership nationwide. If your Longhouse or Tribe was involved in an event that you would like to share with everybody, please send us a report on the event and include pictures if you have them.
Each newsletter will hopefully have a few of these event items in it. This is great way to get your Longhouse recognized by all the nationwide membership. Send your reports & pictures to NSDNewsletter@nationallonghouse.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
Native Sons and Daughters Medallions
Just a reminder! The Native Sons and Daughters Programs has customized, commemorative medallions available to all members. These medallions are produced exclusively for the Native Sons & Daughters Program as they can be personalized with a tribe, nation, or longhouse name on one side, and an Indian nickname on the other. These special keepsakes can be given as a gift from a parent to a child, or an award from a Longhouse to its special officer, just to mention a few posssibilities. Download the brochure and order form or visit our vendor’s website directly.
Parade Planning E-Book
Greetings from National Longhouse Support Materials!
Victory Corps, a parade-float-supply company, has a well written parade float planning guidebook (“Everyone Loves a Parade“) that may be of interest to those longhouses and tribes that participate in parades. This free booklet is from a professional approach but may spark ideas, or assist you if you are considering to build a float.
Although it may seem an odd time of year, it is never too early to start planning for the next parade event. What an awesome way to promote your program to the community!
Who knows? . . . Follow this guidebook and you may end up in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade or the Tournament of Roses Parade (for you California longhouses).
Have Fun!
The 2013-2014 Community Service Project
The National Longhouse Community Service Project is open for 2013-2014. This project is an opportunity for all membership (Longhouses and/or Tribes) to participate in community service works and earn national recognition for their efforts.
National Drum Beats Returns!
Greetings to all!! Tonkahay, Numway, Yahetay, Yatehay, Big How!!!
The very first edition of the new NSD National Drum Beats Newsletter is now available. It is a starting point for what should become regular, at least twice annually and hopefully becoming a quarterly issue. In the future, we will have a way to submit articles and information into the newsletter. We would love to publish articles about some of those very special events that we know many Longhouses have and share them within all of Native Sons & Daughters Programs.
Enjoy !!!!
The Staff of National Longhouse Drum Beats.